Ovechkin (, from овечка meaning little sheep)Ganzhina, I. M. (2001) Словарь современных русских фамилий. Moscow: Astrel. . is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Ovechkina. People with the name include:
People Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey winger Artem Ovechkin (born 1986), Russian road bicycle racer Mariya Ovechkina (born 1991), Russian beauty pageant contestant Nadezhda Ovechkina (born 1958), Russian field hockey player Tatyana Ovechkina (born 1950), Russian basketball player Valentin Ovechkin (1904–1968), Soviet writer, playwright, and journalist
Fictional characters Captain Ovechkin, an antagonist in Keosayan's Elusive Avengers film series who first appeared in The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
See also The Ovechkin family which hijacked Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988) in a failed attempt to escape the Soviet Union
257261 Ovechkin, an asteroid named for Alexander Ovechkin
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