Pnin
Appearance
Pnin is a Russian surname produced by truncation of the surname Repnin.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ivan Pnin (1773–1805), Russian poet and political writer
- Pyotr Pnin (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
- ^ Boris Unbegaun, Russian surnames, — Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972; Russian version: Русские фамилии, 1989, Chapter IX: "Artificial surnames"