Nikitin (russian: Никитин), or Nikitina (feminine; Никитина) is a common

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

surname that derives from the male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

Nikita Nikita may refer to: * Nikita (given name) * Nikita, Crimea, a town in Crimea * Nikita the Tanner, a character in East Slavic folklore Film and television *''Little Nikita'', a 1988 film * ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), also known as ''Nikita'', a 19 ...

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

Artists, musicians, authors

Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone) Yevgeny Igorevich Nikitin (russian: Евгений Игоревич Никитин) is a Russian bass-baritone opera singer. In the West he is usually billed as "Evgeny Nikitin" Born in the Arctic port city of Murmansk, he trained at the Saint ...

, bass-baritone *

Ivan Nikitich Nikitin Ivan Nikitich Nikitin (russian: link=no, Иван Никитич Никитин c. 1690–1741) was a Russian painter, an author of portraits and battle paintings. Biography Ivan Nikitin was born in Moscow to a family of an Russian Orthodox Ch ...

(c. 1690–1742), Russian painter *

Gury Nikitin Gury Nikitin (1620, in Kostroma – 1691, in Kostroma) was a Russian painter and icon painter. He worked principally on wall paintings and frescos, but also produced icons on wood panels and designed engravings. He was head of the Kostroma ...

(1620–1691), Russian icon painter *

Ivan Savvich Nikitin Ivan Savvich Nikitin (russian: Ива́н Са́ввич Ники́тин) (, Voronezh – , Voronezh) was a Russian poet. Born in Voronezh into a merchant family, Nikitin was educated in a seminary until 1843. His father's violence and alcoholis ...

(1824–1861), Russian poet * Basil Nikitin (1885–1960), Russian orientalist and diplomat *

Sergey Nikitin (musician) Sergey Yakovlevich Nikitin (russian: link=no, Серге́й Яковлевич Никитин, born 8 March 1944) is a prominent Soviet and Russian bard, composer, and biophysicist. He performs both solo and in a duet with his wife, Tatyana ...

, contemporary Russian composer, singer and bard *

Tatyana Nikitina Tatyana Khashimovna Nikitina (russian: Татьяна Хашимовна Никитина, born 31 December 1945) is a prominent Russian bard. She usually performs together with her husband, Sergey Nikitin. Biography She was born Tatiana Sadykov ...

, contemporary Russian singer and composer (wife of musician Sergey Nikitin) *

Victor Ivanovich Nikitin Victor Ivanovich Nikitin,(Russian: Виктор Иванович Никитин), was a Soviet tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble, born in Syzran 12 February 1911 and died in Moscow 6 January 1994.Information from Liudmila Gurkova, daughter ...

, Soviet soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble *

Yuri Nikitin (author) Yuri Aleksandrovich Nikitin (russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Ники́тин), born November 30, 1939, in Kharkov, USSR, is a Russian science fiction and fantasy writer. Although he was active in science fiction before perestroi ...

, contemporary Russian sci-fi writer * (b. 1950), Russian sculptor

Athletes

* Andriy Nikitin, Ukrainian football player and manager *

Larisa Nikitina Larisa Turchinskaya (russian: Лариса Турчинская, née Nikitina on 29 April 1965) is a retired Russian heptathlete. Career Her personal best result is 7007 points, achieved on 10–11 June 1989 in Bryansk. This result remained t ...

, 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

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

Botanists

: ''There are at least five botanists with this surname, shown here followed by their standard'' author abbreviations '':'' * Sergei Alekseevich Nikitin (1898–?) S.A.Nikitin * Sergei Nikolaevic Nikitin (1850–1909) Nikitin * Vasilii Vasilevich Nikitin (1906–1988) V.V.Nikitin *

Vladimir Alekseevich Nikitin Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukra ...

(1906–1974) V.A.Nikitin * Vladimir V. 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 New Israel (Новый Израиль) was one of the Sektanstvo (sectarian) new religious movements that grew and expanded in the Russian Empire in the late 19th to early 20th century, a branch of the ''Postniki'' (fasters). The movement was th ...

migration from

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...

San Javier, Uruguay San Javier (''Сан-Хавьер'') is a town situated on the east bank of the river Río Uruguay in the Río Negro Department of Uruguay. It was founded in 1913 by a Russian group of settlers, members of the New Israel religious sect, who migr ...

. * Mateo Nikitin (?–1472), a

member in the

region back in 1800-1900 approximately, contemporary of the leader of the

sect, Vasily Lubkov, and also contemporary of

(1824–1861), Russian poet (relatives not confirmed). He is one of the

members who migrate with Vasily Lubkov from the

region to

in 1913. * Basilio Nikitin (Spanish), born in

in 1934 and deceased in 1998. * Fernando Nikitin, born in

. **** Seeking genealogical information about his ancestors back in

, including Mateo Nikitin. ****

Others

Afanasiy Nikitin Afanasy Nikitin (russian: Афана́сий Ники́тин; died 1472) was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to and document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative ...

(died 1472), a Russian explorer and merchant *

Alexander Nikitin Alexander Konstantinovich Nikitin (russian: Алекса́ндр Константи́нович Ники́тин; born 16 May 1952) is a Russian former submarine officer and nuclear safety inspector turned environmentalist. In 1996 he was accused ...

, contemporary Russian environment activist and a dissident Navy officer *, Russian artillery officer of the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

Anfal Nikitin The Spoils ( ar, ٱلأنفال, ; Spoils of War, Earnings, Savings, Profits) is the eighth chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 75 verses ( āyāt). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (''asbāb al-nuzūl''), it ...

(fl. 1360), Novgorod boyar and

ushkuynik Ushkuyniks (russian: ушкуйники), also ushkuiniks were medieval Novgorodian pirates which operated along the Volga River, the eastern part of Scandinavia, and north of the Ural mountains in 12th-15th century. Some historians see them as ...

* Basil Nikitin Soviet orientalist and diplomat * Rodrigo Nikitin, 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 {{surname, Nikitin Russian-language surnames