Kolesnikov

Kolesnikov (Russian: Колесников; masculine) or Kolesnikova (Колесникова; feminine) is a Russian surname which means "son of wheelwright". Notable persons with that name include:

• Anastasiya Kolesnikova (born 1984), Russian gymnast
• Andrei Kolesnikov (footballer) (born 1984), Russian soccer player
• Andrei Kolesnikov (general), Russian major-general
• Andrei Kolesnikov (ice hockey) (born 1989), Russian ice hockey player
• Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov (born 1965), Russian journalist and author
• Borys Kolesnikov (born 1962), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
• Dmitry Kolesnikov, Russian submarine captain
• Evgeny Kolesnikov (born 1985), Russian basketball player
• Irina Kolesnikova (born 1980), Russian ballet dancer
• Irina Kolesnikova (curler) (born 1964), Russian curler and coach
• Leonid Kolesnikov (1937–2010), Russian swimmer
• Maria Kolesnikova (born 1982), Belarusian politician
• Mikhail Kolesnikov (politician) (1939–2007), Russian general and defense minister
• Mikhail Kolesnikov (footballer, born 1966), Soviet and Russian footballer
• Nadezhda Ilyina (née Kolesnikova; 1949–2013), Soviet-Russian sprinter
• Nadezhda Kolesnikova (1882-1964), leader of the revolutionary movement in Russia
• Nikolai N. Kolesnikov (born 1959, Russian physicist
• Nikolay Kolesnikov (weightlifter) (born 1952), Soviet weightlifter
• Nikolay Kolesnikov (sprinter) (born 1953), Soviet sprinter
• Oleg Kolesnikov (born 1968), Russian politician
• Ruslan Kolesnikov (born 2000), Russian boxer
• Sergey Kolesnikov (cyclist) (born 1989), Russian road cyclist
• Sergei Kolesnikov (whistleblower) (born 1948), Russian businessman
• Stepan Kolesnikoff (1879–1955), Russian painter
• Tetiana Kolesnikova (born 1977), Ukrainian rower
• Vladimir Kolesnikov (born 1948), Russian lawyer and politician

See also

• 14354 Kolesnikov, an asteroid named after Yevgeni Kolesnikov
• Kolesnik