Polyakov

Polyakov ( _ru. Поляков), or Polyakova (feminine; Полякова) is a Russian last name and may refer to:

;People
*Alexander Polyakov, a Russian/American physicist
*Anisim Polyakov (1904-?), a Soviet academician and scientist in the field of veterinary sanitation and disinfection
*Dmitri Polyakov (1921-1988), a Soviet General and a spy for the CIA
*Ivan Polyakov (1919-1944), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
*Konstantin Polyakov (1924-1943), a Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
*Leonid Polyakov (architect) (1906-1965), a Soviet architect
*Leonid Polyakov (officer) (1909-?), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
*Nikolay Polyakov (publisher) (1843-1905), a Russian publisher
*Nikolay Polyakov (scientist) (1903-?), a Soviet academician and scientist in the field of mining
*Valeriy Polyakov (b. 1942), a Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia
*Vitaly Polyakov (1923-?), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
*Vladimir Polyakov (b. 1960), a retired Soviet/Russian pole vaulter
*Vladislav Polyakov (b. 1983), a Kazakhstani swimmer
*Yuri Polyakov (1921-?), a Soviet historian

;Other
*Polyakov action, two-dimensional action of a conformal field theory describing the worldsheet of a string in string theory
*'t Hooft-Polyakov monopole, a topological soliton similar to the Dirac monopole but without any singularities
*Polyakov (settlement), a settlement in Samara Oblast, Russia