Myshkin (disambiguation)
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Myshkin (Мы́шкин) is a Russian name, also transliterated Mishkin and occasionally Miskin. It is a diminutive of the word for 'mouse'. Uses include:
- [1] Miskin Scraper Works, Inc. is a manufacturer of construction and farm equipment.
- Myshkin, a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
- Prince Myshkin, a character in Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot.
- Vladimir Myshkin (born 1955), an ice hockey player on the Soviet Union's national team.
The following are always spelled 'Mishkin':
- Andrew Mishkin (born 1958), a Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer who worked on the Mars Rover.
- Dmitri Mishkin is a character in the James Bond film GoldenEye.
- Frederic Mishkin is an economist and member of the US Federal Reserve.
- Dan Mishkin is a comic book writer.
- Mishkin Qalam is a notable member of the Bahai faith.