Aksyonov (; masculine) or Aksyonova (; feminine), alternatively spelled Aksenov/Aksenova, is a Russian surname. Variants of this surname include Avksentyev/Avksentyeva (/), Aksanov/Aksanova (/), Aksentyev/Aksentyeva (/), Aksentsev/Aksentseva (/), Aksentsov/Aksentsov (/), Aksyutin/Aksyutina (/), Aksyanov/Aksyanova (/), and Oksyonov/Oksyonova (also spelled Oksenov/Oksenova) (/). All these surnames derive from various forms of the Christian male first name Avksenty (from Greek auxanō, meaning to increase). The following people share this surname: Aleksandr Aksyonov (disambiguation), several people Aleksey Aksyonov (born 1987), Russian sprint athlete Alisa Aksyonova (Алиса Аксёнова) (born 1931), Russian museum director Alyona Aksyonova, Uzbekistani shooter participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics Anastasia Aksenova (Anastasiya Aksyonova) (born 1990), Russian swimmer Antonina Aksyonova, adopted child of Yevgenia Ginzburg, Soviet dissident writer Grigoriy Aksenov (Grigory Aksyonov), Kazakhstani participants in the second heat of the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres Anastasia Aksenova (Aksyonova) (born 1990), Russian swimmer Boris Aksenov (Boris Aksyonov), bass guitarist, one of the original members of Zemlyane, a Soviet/Russian rock band Igor Aksyonov (born 1977), Russian association football player Irina Aksyonova (born 1962), Soviet Olympic swimmer Lyubov Aksenova (Lyubov Aksyonova), Soviet participant in Heat 3 of the 1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres Lyubov Aksyonova, name of Russian philologist Lyubov Sova after 1979 Lyudmila Aksyonova (born 1947), Soviet athlete Maksim Aksyonov (disambiguation), several people Nikolay Aksyonov (born 1970), Russian Olympic rower Nikolay Aksenov, Soviet participant in the Continental Final at the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship Ogdo Aksyonova (1936–1995), Dolgan poet, founder of the Dolgan written literature Oleksandr Aksyonov (born 1994), Ukrainian association football player Pavel Aksyonov, second husband of Yevgenia Ginzburg, Soviet dissident writer and father of writer Vasily Aksyonov Pyotr Aksyonov, founder of the Court of Auditors, a historical predecessor of the modern Accounts Chamber of Russia Sergei Aksenov (Sergey Aksyonov) (born 1971), Russian politician Sergey Aksyonov (born 1972), Prime Minister of Crimea Vasily Aksyonov (1932-2009), Soviet/Russian writer Vladimir Aksyonov (born 1935), Soviet cosmonaut and double Hero of the Soviet Union Yana Aksenova, one of the theremin performers invited to perform songs included into the Teen Age Message, a series of interstellar radio transmissions Yekaterina Aksenova, maintainer of the Russian Gov-Gov webblog, a part of Government 2.0 Yuri Aksenov (Yury Aksyonov) (born 1973), Kazakhstani association football player See also Aksenovo, several rural localities in Russia Aksenovka, several rural localities in Russia References Notes Sources И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last