Gnesin

Russian: Гне́син, Ukrainian: Гнесін, Hebrew: גנסין
Family name
Meaning Agnes
Region of origin Poland, Russia
Language(s) of origin Slavic, Russian
Related names Gnesz, Gniesyn (Poland)

Gnesin, or Gnessin is a Jewish Russian surname:

  • 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

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