Gnesin

Russian: Гне́син, Ukrainian: Гнесін, Hebrew: גנסין
Origin
Language(s)Slavic, Russian
MeaningAgnes
Region of originPoland, Russia
Other names
Variant form(s)Gnesz, Gniesyn (Poland)

Gnesin, or Gnessin is a Jewish Russian surname:

  • Fabian Gnesin
  • Elena Fabianovna Gnesina (1874, Rostov/Don – 1967, Moscow), Jewish Russian composer[1]
  • Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin (1883, Rostov/Don – 1957), Jewish Russian composer, elder brother of Elena
  • Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879–1913), Jewish Russian writer, a pioneer in modern Hebrew literature

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