Zhdanov (surname)
Zhdanov or Zhdanova is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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- Andrei Zhdanov, Stalinist politician, developer of the Zhdanov Doctrine that governed Soviet cultural activities for a number of years
- Alexander Zhdanov, Russian astronomer
- Igor Zhdanov, Latvian chess master
- Ihor Zhdanov, Ukrainian businessman. 3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
- Ivan Zhdanov, Russian literary critic and student of folklore
- Leonid Zhdanov, Russian selectionist
- Leonid Zhdanov, Russian ballet dancer, teacher and photographer, younger brother of Yury Zhdanov
- Lev Zhdanov, Russian novelist and playwright
- Victor M. Zhdanov, Russian virologist, instrumental in the push for global smallpox eradication
- Vladimir Zhdanov, Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Yevgeny Zhdanov, Russian land surveyor and cartographer
- Yuri Zhdanov, Russian chemist, rector of Rostov State University from 1957 to 1988; son of Andrei Zhdanov and former husband of Svetlana Alliluyeva
- Yury Zhdanov , Russian ballet dancer, teacher, artist and choreographer, brother of Leonid Zhdanov
