Fomin (russian: Фомин), or Fomina (feminine; Фомина), is a common Russian

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that is derived from the male given name

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and literally means ''Foma's''. It may refer to:

Masculine form

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

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* Andriy Fomin (born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic speedskater *

Artyom Fomin Artyom Valeryevich Fomin (russian: Артём Валерьевич Фомин; born 8 July 1988) is a former Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It ...

(born 1988), Russian football player *

Boris Fomin Boris Ivanovich Fomin (Бори́с Ива́нович Фоми́н, 12 April 1900, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 25 October 1948, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet musician and composer who specialized in the Russian romance. Several of Fomin' ...

(1900–1948), Russian composer of folk music *

Daniil Fomin Daniil Dmitriyevich Fomin (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Фомин; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for FC Dynamo Mo ...

(born 1997), Russian football player * Denis Fomin (born 1996), Russian football defender *

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 * Fedor Fomin (born 1968), Russian/Norwegian computer scientist * Ivan Fomin (1872–1936), a Russian/Soviet architect * Margarita Fomina (born 1988), Russian curler *

Mitya Fomin Dmitri Anatolevich Fomin (Russian: Дмитрий "Митя" Анатольевич Фомин; born 17 January 1974), known by his stage name Mitya Fomin, is a Russian solo singer, dancer and producer. Between 1998 and 2009, he was a member of th ...

(born 1974), Russian singer, dancer and producer *

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 *

Nikolai Fomin Nikolai Maximovich Fomin (, ; born 1937 in Novoekonomichne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian engineer. He was the chief engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from 1981 until the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Galina Tr ...

, chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during the

Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuc ...

Ruslan Fomin Ruslan Fomin ( uk, Руслан Миколайович Фомін; born 2 March 1986) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a striker. Career He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007. Fomin was also a member of the Ukraine national ...

(born 1986), a Ukrainian football player *

Semyon Fomin Semyon Anatolyevich Fomin (russian: Семён Анатольевич Фомин; born 10 January 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian First Div ...

(born 1989), Russian football player *

Sergei Fomin Sergei Vasilyevich Fomin (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Фоми́н; 9 December 1917 – 17 August 1975) was a Soviet mathematician who was co-author with Andrey Kolmogorov of ''Introductory real analysis'', and co-author wi ...

(1917–1975), Russian mathematician *

Sergey Fomin Sergey Vladimirovich Fomin (Сергей Владимирович Фомин) (born 16 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian American mathematician who has made important contributions in combinatorics and its relations with al ...

(born 1958), Russian/American mathematician *

Viktor Fomin Viktor Trokhymovych Fomin ( ua, Віктор Троxимович Фомін, russian: Виктор Трофимович Фомин; born 13 January 1929 in Sloviansk; died 29 December 2007) was a Ukrainian football player. Master of Sports of the ...

(1929–2007), a Soviet football player *

Volodymyr Fomin Volodymyr Vasilyevich Fomin (russian: Владимир Васильевич Фомин; 1902–1942) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He was the oldest brother of Kostiantyn Fomin and Mykola Fomin. Volodymyr played for FC Dynamo Khark ...

(1902–1942), Ukrainian football player and coach *

Vyacheslav Fomin Vyacheslav Viktorovich Fomin (russian: Вячеслав Викторович Фомин; born 7 March 1969) is a former Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. ...

(born 1969), Russian football player * Yefim Fomin (1909–1941), Soviet political commissar *

Yevstigney Fomin Yevstigney Ipat'yevich Fomin (russian: Евстигне́й Ипа́тьевич Фоми́н) (born St. Petersburg – died St. Petersburg c ) was a Russian opera composer of Ukrainian originShuliar, Orest: History of Vocal Art. Ivano- ...

(1761–1800), Russian opera composer

Feminine form

* Alona Fomina (born 1989), Ukrainian tennis player *

Anastasia Fomina Anastasia Borisovna Fomina (russian: Анастасия Борисовна Фомина, born 5 August 1983) is a retired Russian basketball point guard. She won the EuroCup in 2004 with Baltic Star and in 2012 with Dynamo Kursk WBC Dynamo Kur ...

(born 1983), Russian basketball player *

Elena Fomina Elena Fomina is a former Russian football midfielder, who played for ShVSM Izmailovo in the Russian women's football championship She previously played for Spartak Moscow, Chertanovo Moscow, CSK VVS Samara, Lada Togliatti and Nadezhda Noginsk ...

(born 1979), Russian footballer * Margarita Fomina (born 1988), Russian curler * Oleksandra Fomina (born 1966), Ukraininan Olympic volleyball player *

Tatyana Fomina Tatjana Fomina (born April 26, 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster and twice European senior women's champion. Chess career Fomina started play chess in Tallinn's Pioneers Palace. In 1969 and 1970 ...

(born 1954), Estonian chess player

Places

* Fomin (village), a village (''khutor'') in

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

, Russia *

A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden The A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (sometimes translitterated as O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden) is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Ukraine, located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.http://www.botanic.kiev.ua/#eng/ , (Ukrainian) In 1839 the Sain ...

, in Kyiv, Ukraine (named after the botanist Alexandr Fomin) {{surname Russian-language surnames