Zinoviev, Zinovyev, Zinovieff (), or Zinovieva (feminine; ÃÂøýþÃÂòÃÂõòð), as a Russian surname, derives from the personal name Zinovi, from Greek Zenobios. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Dmitrievich Zinoviev (1854âÂÂ1931), Russian politician (Governor of St Petersburg) under Nicholas II
- Alexander Zinoviev (1922âÂÂ2006), Russian logician, sociologist, writer, and satirist
- Grigory Zinoviev (1883âÂÂ1936), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
- Ivan Zinoviev (1905âÂÂ1942), NKVD captain and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Peter Zinovieff (1933âÂÂ2021), British inventor
- Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866âÂÂ1907), a Russian writer
- Sauli Zinovjev (b. 1988), Finnish composer
- Sergei Zinovjev (born 1980), Russian ice hockey player
- Sofka Zinovieff (b. 1961), a British journalist and author
- Nikolai Zinoviev, fictional character from the video game '
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