Galkin (masculine, ) or Galkina (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. It is derived from ''Galka'' (,

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) Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksey Galkin, Russian GRU officer * Aleksandr Galkin (1948–2018), Russian football coach and former football player * Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster * Evgeni Galkin (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey winger *

Maxim Galkin Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin (; born 18 June 1976) is a Russian and Israeli comedian, television presenter and singer. Galkin left Russia in March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was subsequently listed as a foreign agent by th ...

(born 1976), Russian comedian, singer, and TV host *

Pavel Galkin Pavel Stanislavovich Galkin (; born 9 October 1968) is a retired Russian athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. He competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of ...

(born 1968), Russian sprinter *

Pavel Andreyevich Galkin Pavel Andreyevich Galkin (; 15 December 1922 – 15 June 2021) was an officer of the Soviet Armed Forces, Soviet military who held a number of posts in Soviet Naval Aviation, reaching the rank of Colonel (Eastern Europe), colonel. A veteran of t ...

(1922–2021), Soviet military pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union *

Vladislav Galkin Vladislav Borisovich Galkin (; 25 December 1971 – 25 February 2010) was a Russian actor who starred in fifty seven films including several TV serials, such as ''Spetsnaz'' (2002), ''The Master and Margarita'' (2005–2006) and ''Savages'' ...

(1971–2010), Russian actor

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Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina (, ) (born 9 July 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan) is a Russian distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59 minutes. Early that year she won a bronze m ...

(born 1978), Russian middle-distance runner *

Katsiaryna Halkina Katsiaryna Aliaksandraŭna Halkina (; ; born 25 February 1997) is a retired Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 European all-around bronze medalist. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and finished 6th in the all ...

(born 1997),

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ian rhythmic gymnast * Lyubov Galkina (born 1973), Russian

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Lyudmila Galkina Lyudmila Ivanovna Galkina (; born 20 January 1972 in Saratov) is a Russian track and field athlete. She won the European Junior Championships in 1991 as a triple jumper, but thereafter later focused on the long jump. Her greatest achievement was t ...

(born 1972), Russian athlete * Ekaterina Galkina (born 1988), Russian curler

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