Koshkin is a Russian surname, which means " cat" or cat owner", from the Russian word ''koshka'' or "cat".Mikheev, Alexey
"What Russian Surnames Mean"
''Russia & India Report'', Moscow, 25 May 2014. Retrieved on 7 January 2016. An alternative spelling is Koshkyn, and a name with the same meaning is

Kotov Kotov (russian: Котов) and Kotova (russian: Котова; feminine) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Kotov (1913–1981), a Soviet chess grandmaster and author * Grigory Kotov (1902–1944), Soviet g ...

. The name Koshkin may refer to: *

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Koshkin Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(born 1941), Russian football player *

Aleksandr Koshkyn Aleksandr Nikolayevich Koshkin (russian: Александр Николаевич Кошкин; 13 June 1959 – 16 October 2012) was a Russian amateur light-middleweight boxer. After placing second at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won a European ...

(1959– 2012), Russian boxer *

Dmitriy Koshkin Dmitriy Koshkin (born April 20, 1986 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is an alpine skier competing for Kazakhstan. He competed for Kazakhstan at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. He previously competed for his native Russia R ...

(born 1986), Kazakh skier * Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin (died 1427), Russian nobleman *

Mikhail Koshkin Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin (Russian language, Russian: Михаи́л Ильи́ч Ко́шкин; 3 December 1898, Pereslavsky District, Brynchagi, Yaroslavl Oblast – 26 September 1940) was a Soviet Union, Soviet tank designer, chief designer of t ...

(1898–1940), Russia tank designer *

Nikita Koshkin Nikita Arnoldovich Koshkin (; born 28 February 1956) is a classical guitarist-composer born in Moscow USSR. His early influences included Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, as well as rock music. Koshkin first came to prominence with his sui ...

(born 1956), Russian classical guitarist and composer * Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin (died 1461), Russian nobleman

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