Kozhemyaka (russian: Кожемяка, uk, Кожум'я́ка, meaning a ''leather worker'', ''tanner'') is a gender-neutral Russian surname. It may refer to
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Nikita the Tanner
Nikita the Tanner, Nikita Kozhemyaka (russian: Никита Кожемяка) or Mykyta Kozhumyaka ( ua, Мики́та Кожум'я́ка), is an East Slavic folk hero (bogatyr), a character from a legend. In some sources he is called ''Kyryl ...
(Nikita Kozhemyaka), East Slavic folk hero
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Stepan Kozhumyaka
Kozhumyaka Stepan Demydovych (Russian: ''Kozhemyakin'') (4 December 1898 – 31 August 1989) was a Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist. He took an active part in the 1917–1920 struggle for national liberation, fighting for th ...
(1898–1989), Ukrainian engineer, bridge-builder and linguist
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Kozhemyakin Kozhemyakin (russian: Кожемякин, from ''кожемяка'' meaning a ''leather worker'') is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Kozhemyakina. It may refer to
*Anatoli Kozhemyakin (1953–1974), Russian football player
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, derivative surname
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Russian-language surnames
Occupational surnames