Fomin (), or Fomina (feminine; Фомина), is a common
Russian surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
that is derived from the male given name
Foma and literally means ''Foma's''. It may refer to:
Masculine form
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Aleksandr Fomin (botanist)
Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin was a Russian botanist that lived during the reign of the Soviet Union. He studied ferns and seed plants.
He was also a director of the Kiev University Botanical Garden; which was renamed after him, when he died.
Biogr ...
(1869–1935), Russian/Soviet botanist and academician
*Aleksandr Fomin, alias of Soviet spy
Alexander Feklisov
Aleksandr Semyonovich Feklisov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Феклисов; 9 March 1914 – 26 October 2007) was a Soviet spy, the NKVD Case Officer who handled Julius Rosenberg and Klaus Fuchs, among others.
Life and wor ...
(1914–2007), known for receiving information from Julius Rosenberg and his contacts during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Andriy Fomin
Andriy Fomin (born 14 November 1977) is a Ukrainian speed skater. He competed in three events at the 2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Ni ...
(born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic speedskater
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Artyom Fomin
Artyom Valeryevich Fomin (russian: Артём Валерьевич Фомин; born 8 July 1988) is a former Russian professional footballer.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division
The Russian First League ...
(born 1988), Russian football player
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Boris Fomin (1900–1948), Russian composer of folk music
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Daniil Fomin
Daniil Dmitriyevich Fomin (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Фомин; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dynamo Moscow and the Russia national team.
Club career
Krasnod ...
(born 1997), Russian football player
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Denis Fomin
Denis Aleksandrovich Fomin (russian: Денис Александрович Фомин; born 3 May 1996) is a Russian football defender. He plays for FC SKA-Khabarovsk.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Tekstil ...
(born 1996), Russian football defender
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Dmitry Fomin
Dmitry Fomin or Dmitri Fomine (russian: Дмитрий Фомин; born 21 January 1968) is a former Russian male volleyball player. He was part of the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team at the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Champions ...
(born 1968), Russian Olympic volleyball player
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Fedor Fomin
Fedor V. Fomin is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Bergen. He is known for his work in algorithms and graph theory. He received his PhD in 1997 at St. Petersburg State University under Nikolai Nikolaevich Petrov.
Books
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(born 1968), Russian/Norwegian computer scientist
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Ivan Fomin (1872–1936), a Russian/Soviet architect
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Margarita Fomina (born 1988), Russian curler
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Maxim Yurevich Fomin, real name of Vladlen Tatarsky (1982–2023), Russian-Ukrainian military blogger
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Mitya Fomin (born 1974), Russian singer, dancer and producer
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Mykola Fomin
Mykola Vasylyovych Fomin (born in 1905 in Kharkiv; died in 1975 in Kharkiv) was a Soviet football player. He was a brother to Volodymyr and Kostiantyn Fomins.
Honours
* USSR champion: 1924.
International career
Fomin played his only game for U ...
(1909–1974), Ukrainian football player
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Nikolai Fomin, chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during the Chernobyl disaster
*Ruslan Fomin (born 1986), a Ukrainian football player
*Semyon Fomin (born 1989), Russian football player
*Sergei Fomin (1917–1975), Russian mathematician
*Sergey Fomin (born 1958), Russian/American mathematician
*Viktor Fomin (1929–2007), a Soviet football player
*Volodymyr Fomin (1902–1942), Ukrainian football player and coach
*Vyacheslav Fomin (born 1969), Russian football player
*Yefim Fomin (1909–1941), Soviet political commissar
*Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800), Russian opera composer
Feminine form
*Alona Fomina (born 1989), Ukrainian tennis player
*Anastasia Fomina (born 1983), Russian basketball player
*Elena Fomina (born 1979), Russian footballer
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Margarita Fomina (born 1988), Russian curler
*Oleksandra Fomina (born 1966), Ukraininan Olympic volleyball player
*Tatyana Fomina (born 1954), Estonian chess player
Places
*Fomin (village), a village (''khutor'') in Rostov Oblast, Russia
*A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, in Kyiv, Ukraine (named after the botanist Alexandr Fomin)
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