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

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), bass-baritone * Ivan Nikitich Nikitin (c. 1690–1742), Russian painter * Gury Nikitin (1620–1691), Russian icon painter * Ivan Savvich Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet *

Basil Nikitin Basil Nikitin (1 January 1885 – 7 June 1960) was a Russian orientalist and diplomat. Basil Nikitin was born in Sosnowiec, a town in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. Nikitin's family had several Orientalists. Therefore, he developed an in ...

(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 Ni ...

, contemporary Russian composer, singer and bard * Tatyana Nikitina, contemporary Russian singer and composer (wife of musician Sergey Nikitin) * Victor Ivanovich Nikitin, 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 perest ...

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

Athletes

* Andriy Nikitin, Ukrainian football player and manager * Larisa Nikitina, contemporary Russian heptathlete *

Vera Nikitina Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, née Nikitina (russian: Вера Яковлевна Комисова bzw. Никитина, born 11 June 1953) is a retired hurdler. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal. External link ...

, contemporary Soviet hurdling athlete *

Yuri Nikitin (gymnast) Yuri Viktorovich Nikitin ( ua, Юрій Вікторович Нікітін, born 15 July 1978) is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also competed at the 2008 File:2008 Even ...

, Ukrainian trampolinist *

Boris Nikitin Boris Vasilievich Nikitin (russian: Борис Васильевич Никитин; 5 March 1938 – 20 October 1984) was a Soviet freestyle swimmer. He had his best achievements in the 4 × 200 m relay, in which he set a world record in 1956, an ...

, Georgian swimmer *

Nikita Nikitin Nikita Aleksandrovich Nikitin ('; born 16 June 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with t ...

, Russian ice hockey player *

Sarah Nikitin Sarah de Oliveira Nikitin (born December 27, 1988) is a Brazilian competitive archer. A member of Brazil's archery squad in three editions of the Pan American Games (2007, 2011, and 2015), and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Nikitin scored her onl ...

, Brazilian Archer * Diana Nikitina, Latvian Figure Skater

Scientists, engineers and architects

(1906–1952), Soviet radiochemist * Nikolai Nikitin (1907–1973), Soviet structural design and construction engineer *

Vasilii Vasilyevich Nikitin Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to '' Basil''. It may refer to: * Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince ...

(1901–1955), Soviet aircraft engineer * Tatiana Nikitina, linguist

Botanists

: ''There are at least five botanists with this surname, shown here followed by their standard'' author abbreviations '':'' *

Sergei Alekseevich Nikitin Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...

(1898–?) S.A.Nikitin *

Sergei Nikolaevic Nikitin Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and ...

(1850–1909) Nikitin *

Vasilii Vasilevich Nikitin Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to '' Basil''. It may refer to: * Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince ...

(1906–1988) V.V.Nikitin * Vladimir Alekseevich Nikitin (1906–1974) V.A.Nikitin *

Vladimir V. 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 Ukr ...

(fl. 1996) Vl.V.Nikitin

Others

* Afanasiy Nikitin (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 ...

* Andrey Grigoryevich Nikitin (general) (1891–1957), Soviet general * Anfal Nikitin (fl. 1360), Novgorod boyar and ushkuynik *

Soviet orientalist and diplomat *

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Nikitin (general) Nikolay Aleksandrovich Nikitin (; 19 December 1900 – 9 November 1984) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held corps and division command during World War II. An ordinary soldier of the Russian Civil War, Nikitin became an officer and ...

, (1900–1984), Soviet general * Vladilen Nikitin (1936–2021), 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