Maidanik, Maidannik and Maidanchik (Майданик, Майданник, Майданчик) are Jewish surnames originated in the Russian Empire. Maidannik or Maidannik is also a Ukrainian surname. They were derived from the Ukrainian word maidannink, which means "worker in tar"."What Does Surname Maidannik Mean?" "Maydannik" In the Russian language, maidannik also means "con man operating in a marketplace" (from the word "maidan")."Maidannik, Maidanshchik" , citing from Новый полный словарь иностранных слов вошедших в русский язык с указанием происхождения их, ударений, отраслей знания и с расширенной энциклопедической частью. Compiled by Е. Ефремов. Editor I. A. Baudouin de Courtenay. Second edition, 1912 A similar sounding Croatian surname is Maidandzic (Majdandžić), possibly unrelated.
Maidanik or Maydanik may refer to:
Kiva Maidanik, a Soviet Russian historian and political scientist Yuri Maidanik, inventor of the loop heat pipe and a 1999 recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in science and technology
Maidannik or Maydannik may refer to:
Igor Maidannik, executive vice president for legal support of the TNK-BP Russian oil company
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