title: Krasnov
text: # Krasnov
  
  Krasnov (Russian: Краснов) is a Russian family name, derived from the word krasota, a diminutive for krasa, "beauty". Its feminine counterpart is Krasnova. It may refer to:
  
  * Aleksandr Krasnov (born 1960), Russian cyclist
  * Aleksandr Krasnov (astronomer) (1866–1911), Russian astronomer
     * Krasnov (crater) on the Moon, named after Aleksandr Krasnov
  * Andrei Krasnov (1862–1914), Russian botanist and biogeographer
  * Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (born 7 February 1991), Russian pole vaulter
  * Danny Krasnov (born 1970), Soviet-Israeli pole vaulter
  * Ivan Krasnov (1802–1871), general, author and father of Nikolay
  * Nikolay Krasnov (soldier) (1833–1900), major-general and father of Pyotr
  * Nikolay Krasnov (architect), 1864-1939, Russian and Yugoslav architect
  * Pyotr Krasnov (1869–1947), lieutenant-general and member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and a Nazi collaborator during World War II
  * Vera Krasnova (born 1950), Russian speed skater
  * Vladimir Krasnov (born 1990), Russian Olympic sprinter
  * Semyon Krasnov (born 1946), member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and father of Mikhail Krasnov
  
  ## Fiction
  
  * Yevgenia Nikolayevna Krasnova, a fictional character in The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
  