Gnesin Explained

ru|Гне́син, uk|Гнесін, he|גנסין
Meaning:	Agnes
Region:	Russia
Language origin:	Slavic, Russian

Gnesin, or Gnessin (ru|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

Notes and References

1. [:de:Jelena Fabianowna Gnessina]