Nikitin

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Nikitin (Russian: Никитин), or Nikitina (feminine; Никитина) is a common Russian surname that derives from a Christian name Nikita. It may refer to the following people:

  • Afanasiy Nikitin (?-1472), a Russian explorer and merchant;
  • Alexander Nikitin, a contemporary Russian environment activist and a dissident Navy officer;
  • Alexei Nikitin (1876 - after 1930), a Russian politician, Menshevik
  • Anfal Nikitin (?-?), a Novgorod boyar and ushkuynik
  • Boris Nikitin (1906-1952), a Soviet radiochemist
  • Ivan Nikitin (c. 1690-1742), a Russian painter
  • Ivan Nikitin (1824-1861), a Russian poet
  • Larisa Nikitina, a contemporary Russian heptathlete
  • Mikhail Nikitin (1902-1950), one of the organizers of the Partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War
  • Mikhail Nikitin (1918-?), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Mikhail Nikitin (1914-?), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Nikolai Nikitin (1890-?), a Soviet chemist
  • Nikolai Nikitin (1828-1913), a Russian architect
  • Nikolai Nikitin (1907-1973), a Soviet structural design and construction engineer
  • Nikolai Nikitin (1895-1963), a Soviet writer
  • Sergey Nikitin, a contemporary Russian composer and singer
  • Sergei Nikitin (1851-1909), a Russian geologist, paleonthologist, hydrogeologist, and academician
  • Sergei Nikitin (1926-1973), a Soviet writer
  • Sergei Nikitin (1901-?), a Soviet historian
  • Tatyana Nikitina, Sergei Nikitin's wife, a contemporary Russian singer and composer
  • Vasili Nikitin (1886-1972), a Soviet hydrobiologist
  • Vasili Nikitin (1893-1956), a Soviet scientist in the field of electromechanics and electric welding
  • Vasili Nikitin (1925-?), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vera Nikitina, a contemporary Soviet hurdling athlete
  • Yuri Nikitin, a contemporary Russian sci-fi writer