Myshkin (surname)

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Myshkin (Мы́шкин) is a Russian-language surname, sometimes transliterated as Mishkin although the latter word has a different origin. "Myshkin" is the possessive case of the Russian word myshka, the diminutive of 'mouse'.

Notable people with this surname include:

Fictional characters

  • Prince Myshkin, character in Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot
  • Maxim Komar-Myshkin, fictional artist, a creation of Roee Rosen, Israeli multidisciplinary artist, writer and filmmaker

See also

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