Prokofiev or Prokof'ev is a Russian and Ukrainian surname ( _ru. Проко́фьев, _uk. Прокоф'єв), also transliterated as "Prokofief", "Prokofieff", "Prokofyev" and "Prokofjew"; ( _cs. Prokofjev (also Slovenian, Croatian, Hungarian), _sk. Prokofiev, _pl. Prokofiew, _sr. Прокофјев, _bg. Прокофиев):
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* Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
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