Nikitin

Nikitin (Russian: Никитин), or Nikitina (feminine; Никитина) is a common Russian surname that derives from the male given name Nikita and literally means Nikita's. It may refer to:

Artists, musicians, authors[]

Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone), bass-baritone
Ivan Nikitich Nikitin (c. 1690–1742), Russian painter
Gury Nikitin (1620–1691), Russian icon painter
Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet
Basil Nikitin (1885–1960), Russian orientalist and diplomat
Sergey Nikitin (musician), contemporary Russian composer, singer and bard
Tatyana Nikitina, contemporary Russian singer and composer (wife of musician Sergey Nikitin)
Victor Ivanovich Nikitin, Soviet soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
Yuri Nikitin (author), contemporary Russian sci-fi writer

Athletes[]

Andriy Nikitin, Ukrainian football player and manager
Larisa Nikitina, contemporary Russian heptathlete
Vera Nikitina, contemporary Soviet hurdling athlete
Yuri Nikitin (gymnast), Ukrainian trampolinist
Boris Nikitin, Georgian swimmer
Nikita Nikitin, Russian ice hockey player
Sarah Nikitin, Brazilian Archer
Diana Nikitina, Latvian Figure Skater

Scientists, engineers and architects[]

(1906–1952), Soviet radiochemist
Nikolai Nikitin (1907–1973), Soviet structural design and construction engineer
(1901–1955), Soviet aircraft engineer

Botanists[]

There are at least five botanists with this surname, shown here followed by their standard author abbreviations :

(1898–?) S.A.Nikitin
(1850–1909) Nikitin
(1906–1988) V.V.Nikitin
(1906–1974) V.A.Nikitin
(fl. 1996) Vl.V.Nikitin

Nikitin and Some Emigrations World-wide[]

The Nikitin surname spread from Russia to the rest of the world, including Europe, Canada, USA, and South America. It is also present in the 1913 New Israel migration from Voronezh to San Javier, Uruguay.

(?–1472), a New Israel member in the Voronezh region back in 1800-1900 approximately, contemporary of the leader of the New Israel sect, Vasily Lubkov, and also contemporary of Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet (relatives not confirmed). He is one of the New Israel members who migrate with Vasily Lubkov from the Voronezh region to San Javier, Uruguay in 1913.
(Spanish), born in San Javier, Uruguay in 1934 and deceased in 1998.
, born in San Javier, Uruguay. **** Seeking genealogical information about his ancestors back in Voronezh, including . ****

Others[]

Afanasiy Nikitin (died 1472), a Russian explorer and merchant
Alexander Nikitin, contemporary Russian environment activist and a dissident Navy officer
[ru], Russian artillery officer of the Napoleonic Wars
(fl. 1360), Novgorod boyar and ushkuynik
Basil Nikitin Soviet orientalist and diplomat
, Brazilian Specialist IT
Vladilen Nikitin (born 1936), Russian engineer and politician
Vladimir Nikitin, multiple people
Viktor Nikitin (1893–1933), Russian and Serbian pilot, killed in the first disaster of Yugoslav civil aviation

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