Kalinin (Russian: Кали́нин ), or Kalinina (feminine; Кали́нина ), is a Russian
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
, derived from the word ''kalina'' (калина, meaning "
guelder rose
''Viburnum opulus'', commonly known as the guelder-rose, or guelder rose (), is an Old World species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae.
Description
''Viburnum opulus'' is a deciduous shrub growing to tall. The leaves are opposite, th ...
"). Notable people with the surname include:
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Aleksandr Kalinin (disambiguation) – several persons
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Anatoĺ Kalinin (born 1959), Belarusian politician and diplomat
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Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 22 May 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 25. She peaked at No. 92 in the doubles rankings in January 2025. She has ...
(born 1997), Ukrainian tennis player
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Dmitri Kalinin
Dmitri Vladimirovich Kalinin (; born July 22, 1980) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
He was drafted by the Sabres 18th overall ...
(born 1980), Russian hockey player
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Ekaterina Kalinina
Ekaterina Kalinina (; Lorberg; 2 July 1882 – 22 December 1960) was the wife of Soviet politician Mikhail Kalinin, the chair of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and formally the head of state from 1938 to 1946. She was in a labor camp betwee ...
(1882–1960), First Lady of the Soviet Union (1922–1946)
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Elena Kalinina
Elena Pavlovna Kalinina (; born 20 July 1997) is a Russian World champion at Formula Kite where competitors use kites to propel small hydrofoils. Kalinina first became a World Champion in 2014 when she was seventeen.
Life
Kalinina was born in 199 ...
(born 1997), Russian kitesurfer
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Fedor Kalinin (1882–1920), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician
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Ganna Kalinina (born 1979), Ukrainian Olympic sailor
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Irina Kalinina
Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina (Ирина Владимировна Калинина; born 8 February 1959) is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won the gold medal in Women's 3 ...
(born 1959), Soviet diver
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Igor Kalinin
Igor Olegovich Kalinin (; born 11 November 1995) is a Russian professional association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for FC Rostov, Rostov.
Career
He is product of Sports School #5 Sevastopol and FC Mariupol, Illichivets Mariup ...
(born 1959), Ukrainian politician
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Ihor Kalinin
Igor Olegovich Kalinin (; born 11 November 1995) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Rostov.
Career
He is product of Sports School #5 Sevastopol and Illichivets Mariupol sports schools.
In 2014, after the annexa ...
(born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
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Konstantin Kalinin
Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin (; born 17 December ( 29) 1889 in Warsaw, Russian Empire; died 1938 or 21 April 1940 in Voronezh) was a World War I aviator and Soviet aircraft designer.
He was born to a Russian family in Warsaw, Russian Empire. K ...
(1889–1940), Soviet aircraft designer
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Ludmila Kalinina (born 1957), skating coach
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Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (, ; 3 June 1946) was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the first chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1938 until his resignation in 1946. From ...
(1875–1946), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician, head of state of Soviet Russia and later of the Soviet Union
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Natalia Kalinina (born 1973), Soviet gymnast
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Sergei Kalinin (disambiguation) – several persons
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Yana Kalinina (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
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Vladislava Kalinina (born 1980), Ukrainian chess player
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Russian-language surnames