Abalkin (; masculine) or Abalkina (; feminine) is a Russian surname. It derives from the Pskov regional dialectal word "" () or "" (), meaning a bale, a bundle, or, by analogy, a swaddled child.Fedosyuk, entry on "Абалкин" .
People with this last name Leonid Abalkin (1930–2011), Soviet/Russian economist
Fictional characters Lev Abalkin, a character in Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's series of science fiction novels set in the Noon Universe
References Notes
Sources Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006.
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