Moskvin
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Moskvin or Moskvina (feminine) is a Russophone
Russophone
A Russophone is literally a speaker of the Russian language either natively or by preference. At the same time the term is used in a more specialized meaning to describe the category of people whose cultural background is associated with Russian language regardless of ethnic and territorial...

 surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

, derived from the word Moskva ("Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

"). It may refer to one of the following:

People
  • Ivan Moskvin
    Ivan Moskvin
    Ivan Mikhailovich Moskvin , 1874, Moscow – February 16, 1946, Moscow) was a Russian actor and People's Artist of the USSR. He became director of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1943. He was a student in the Moscow Philharmonic Society from 1893 to 1896. He also performed in the Yaroslavl company...

     (1874–1946), Russian actor
  • Mikhail Trilisser
    Mikhail Trilisser
    Mikhail Abramovich Trilisser-Moskvin was a Soviet OGPU chief of the Foreign Department of the Cheka and the OGPU. Later, he worked for the NKVD as a covert bureau chief and Comintern leader.-Career:...

     (also known as Mikhail Aleksandrovich Moskvin; 1883–1940), Soviet secret police officer
  • Igor Moskvin
    Igor Moskvin
    Igor Borisovich Moskvin is a former Soviet pair skater, Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR. He was the flag bearer for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

    , Russian/Soviet figure skating coach
  • Tamara Moskvina
    Tamara Moskvina
    Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina , née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater. In pair skating with partner Alexei Mishin, she was the 1969 World silver medalist and Soviet national champion. In ladies singles, she was a five-time Soviet national champion...

     (b. 1941), Russian/Soviet figure skating coach


Places
  • Moskvina, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a village in Chelyabinsk Oblast
    Chelyabinsk Oblast
    -External links:*...

    , Russia
  • Moskvina, name of several other rural localities in Russia
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