Kovalyov (
Russian: Ковалёв), often written as Kovalev, or its feminine variant Kovalyova, Kovaleva (Ковалёва), is a common
Russian surname, an equivalent of the English surname
Smithson (derived from the
Ukrainian word koval' (коваль), which means "
blacksmith"). Due to the ambiguous status of the
Cyrillic letteryo, the surname may be written with the Cyrillic letter ye (
Russian: Ковалев/Ковалева) instead, though literate Russian speakers always pronounce it yo.
Nikolay Kovalyov (politician) (1949–2019), Russian politician, Chair of the State Duma's Veterans' Committee, former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB)
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