Bakulin (russian: Баку́лин; masculine) or Bakulina (; feminine) is a Russian last name.
[Ganzhina, p. 9]
There are two theories regarding the origins of this last name.
According to the first one, it is a variety of the last name
Abakumov Abakumov (russian: Абаку́мов; masculine) or Abakumova (; feminine) is a Russian surname.Ganzhina, p. 9 Variants of this surname include Abakishin/Abakishina (/), Abakulov/Abakulova (/), Abakumkin/Abakumkina (/), Abakushin/Abakushina (/ ...
, which is derived from a
patronymic
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, itself derived from various forms of the Christian male first name
Avvakum
Avvakum Petrov (russian: link=no, Аввакум Петров; 20 November 1620/21 – 14 April 1682) (also spelled Awakum) was an Old Believer and Russian protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch N ...
.
However, it is also possible that this last name is related to the last name
Bakunin, both of which derive from dialectal Russian words "" (''bakulya'') and "" (''bakunya''), meaning, depending on the dialect, ''chatterbox'', ''talkative person'' or ''agile, business-like person''.
The following people share this last name:
* Alex Bakulin, general manager of ''
Volzhanin'', a Russian bus lease holding company
* Alexey Bakulin,
People's Commissar of Transport of the Soviet Union in 1937–1938
* Arkadi Bakulin, First Team Coach of
FC Astana, a Kazakh association football team
*
Barbara Bakulin, a member of the Polish team at the
1972 Summer Olympics Women's 4×100 meters relay
*
Ivan Bakulin, several people
*
Maria Bakulina, Russian center basketball player for
WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
WBC Dynamo- GUVD Novosibirsk (''ЖБК «Динамо-ГУВД» Новосибирск'') is a Russian women's basketball club, currently competing in the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League. Founded in 1955 as Burevestnik Novosibirsk, it wa ...
* Natalia Bakulina,
2001 Miss International contestant from Ukraine
*
Nicholas Savich Bakulin (1869-1962), Russian painter
*Nikolay Bakulin, winner of
Moscow City Chess Championship in 1964 and 1966
*
Sergey Bakulin
Sergey Vasilyevich Bakulin (russian: Серге́й Васильевич Бакулин; born 13 November 1986 in Insar, Mordvin ASSR) is a male race walker from Russia.
Biography
He was originally the 2011 World Champion in the 50 kilometre ...
(b. 1986), Russian race walker
*
Vitaly Bakulin (b. 1983), Russian association football player
*
Vladimir Bakulin
Vladimir Bakulin (3 September 1939 – 10 December 2012) was a Kazakhstani wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
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(1939–2012), Soviet Olympic wrestler
* Yelena Bakulina, one of the victims of Soviet serial killer
Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (russian: Андре́й Рома́нович Чикати́ло, translit=Andréy Románovich Chikatílo; uk, Андрій Романович Чикатило, translit=Andriy Romanovych Chykatylo; 16 October 1936 ...
*
Yevhen Bakulin, member of the Supervisory Board of ''
Ukrnafta'', a Ukrainian oil and natural gas extracting company
See also
*
Bakulino, several rural localities in Russia
References
Notes
Sources
*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001.
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