title: Kopylov
text: # Kopylov
  
  Kopylov (Russian: Копылов) and Kopylova (Russian: Копылова; feminine) is a common Russian surname.
  
  It may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Abbakum Kopylov (1756–1838), founder of the postniki sect
  * Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911), Russian composer and violinist
  * Andrei Kopylov, mixed martial arts fighter
  * Andrei Nikolayevich Kopylov (born 1972), Russian footballer
  * Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov (1919–1995), a Russian chess player
  * Ivan Kopylov [ru] (1928–2000), Soviet astronomer, the director of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in 1966–1985
  * Sergei Kopylov (born 1960), Soviet cyclist
  * Vadym Kopylov (born 1958), Ukrainian statesman
  * Vladimir Kopylov (1947–2006), Soviet and Russian physicist
  * Lilia Kopylova (born 1978), English professional dancer
  
  ## Places
  
  * Kopylov (village), a village (khutor) in Saratov Oblast, Russia
  * Kopylova (village), a village in Tyumen Oblast, Russia
  