Koshkin is a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

surname, which means "

cat The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...

" or cat owner", from the Russian word ''koshka'' or "cat".Mikheev, Alexey
"What Russian Surnames Mean"
''Russia & India Report'', Moscow, 25 May 2014. Retrieved on 7 January 2016. An alternative spelling is Koshkyn, and a name with the same meaning is Kotov. The name Koshkin may refer to: * Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Koshkin (born 1941), Russian football player * Aleksandr Koshkyn (1959– 2012), Russian boxer *

Dmitriy Koshkin Dmitriy Koshkin (born 20 April 1986 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is an alpine skier competing for Kazakhstan. He competed for Kazakhstan at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. He previously competed for his native Russia Russi ...

(born 1986), Kazakh skier * Ivan Fyodorovich Koshkin (died 1427), Russian nobleman * Mikhail Koshkin (1898–1940), Russia tank designer *

Nikita Koshkin Nikita Arnoldovich Koshkin (; born 28 February 1956) is a classical guitarist-composer born in Moscow USSR. His early influences included Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, as well as rock music. Koshkin first came to prominence with his sui ...

(born 1956), Russian classical guitarist and composer * Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin (died 1461), Russian nobleman

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