Korsakov, sometimes spelled as Korsakoff (), or Korsakova (feminine; Ко́рсакова), is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov (1820–1893), Russian knyaz, cavalry general, Imperial Commissioner in Bulgaria Andrey Korsakov (1916–2007), Russian and Ukrainian linguist and language philosopher Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov (1753–1840), infantry general Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov (1878–1940), Russian musicologist, son of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Dmitry Korsakov (1843–1920), Russian historian Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer Pyotr Korsakov (1790–1844), Russian writer Semyon Korsakov (1788–1853), Russian homeopath and inventor Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disease caused by chronic alcoholism named after Sergei Korsakoff There was a Korsakov family who owned the building that now occupies the Lensovet Theatre in Saint Petersburg, in the early 20th century. The last heir was Sofya Alekseevna Korsakova, who married a prince of the House of Golitsyn. References Russian-language surnames