Yashin
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Yashin or Yashina is a Russian surname that may refer to:
- Alexander YashinAlexander YashinAlexander Yakovlevich Yashin was a Soviet writer associated with the Village Prose movement.-Early life:Alexander was born in northern Russia in the village of Bludnovo, Vologda Region, into a poor peasant family. Yashin finished a teacher's training college, and spent some time teaching in a...
(1913–1968), Russian poet and writer - Alexei YashinAlexei YashinAlexei Valeryevich Yashin is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently a member of CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League...
(born 1973), Russian NHL ice hockey player - Ilya YashinIlya YashinIlya Yashin is one of the key leaders of the Russian political movement Solidarnost. He is also the leader of the Moscow branch of the People's Freedom Party, in which the Solidarnost participates....
(born 1983), leader of Yabloko's youth wing - Lev YashinLev YashinLev Ivanovich Yashin nicknamed as "The Black Spider", was a Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game. He was known for his superior athleticism in goal, imposing stature, amazing reflex saves and inventing the idea of...
(1929–1990), Russian soccer goalkeeper- Yashin AwardFIFA World Cup awardsAt the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.These are awards granted during the men's senior tournament...
, a FIFA award named in his honor
- Yashin Award
- YashinYashin (band)Yashin are Scottish post-hardcore band formed in Glasgow in 2006.-Early Years :The band was founded by school friends guitarist Paul Travers and bassist Andrew McShane, they recruited vocalist Michael Rice and drummer David Beaton who introduced them to guitarist Lewis Millen.Yashin quickly built...
, Scottish post-hardcorePost-hardcorePost-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band.