Gnesin

Russian: Гне́син, Ukrainian: Гнесін, Hebrew: גנסיןOrigin

Language(s)| Slavic, Russian
Meaning| Agnes
Region of origin| Russia

Gnesin, or Gnessin (Russian: Гнесин) is a Jewish Russian surname. People with this surname include:

* Fabian Osipovich Gnesin (1837–1891), an official rabbi of Rostov-on-Don and father of a prominent Jewish Russian family of musicians and philanthropists.

* Sisters Gnesin:

* Yevgeniya Savina-Gnesina (1870–1940)
* Elena Gnesina (1874–1967)[1]
* Maria Gnesina (1876–1918)
* Yelizaveta Gnesina-Vitáček (1876–1953)
* Olga Alexandrova-Gnesina (1881–1963)

* Mikhail Gnesin (1883–1957), Jewish Russian composer
* Grigory Gnesin (1884–1938), singer and stage actor

* Gnesin State Musical College, Moscow
* Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879–1913), Jewish Russian writer, a pioneer in modern Hebrew literature
* Menahem Gnessin (1882–1951), Jewish Russian stage actor, younger brother of Uri Nissan Gnessin

## References

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1. ^ de:Jelena Fabianowna Gnessina

Surname list

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