Repin Explained

Repin (Russian: Ре́пин|link=no; masculine) or Repina (Russian: Ре́пина; feminine) is a Russian last name. It is derived from the sobriquet Russian: репа|label=none|repa|turnip and may refer to the following people:

• Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Russian painter
• Nikolay Repin (b. 1932), Soviet painter
• Vadim Repin (b. 1971), Russian violinist

Archaeology

• The Repin culture, the first phase (or, depending on the author, the forerunner) of the Pit Grave/Ochre Grave/Yamnaya culture.

Other uses

• Řepín, a village and municipality of the Czech Republic.
• 2468 Repin, a Main-belt Asteroid named after Ilya Repin.

See also

• Repino, several inhabited localities in Russia