Pnin is a Russian surname
produced by truncation of the surname
Repnin.
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Boris Ottokar Unbegaun () (1898, Moscow
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Chapter IX: "Artificial surnames"
Notable people with the surname include:
*
Ivan Pnin (1773–1805), Russian poet and political writer
* (1803–1837), Russian painter
Fictional characters
*Timofey Pnin, protagonist of the novel ''
Pnin'' by Vladimir Nabokov
*Emir Pnin, a role played by
Hilmi Sözer in ''Die Verwegene – Kämpfe um deinen Traum''
References
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Russian-language surnames