Abalkin (Russian: Аба́лкин; masculine) or Abalkina (Аба́лкина; feminine) is a Russian last name. It derives from the Pskov regional dialectal word "аба́лка" (abalka) or "оба́лка" (obalka), meaning a bale, a bundle, or, by analogy, a swaddled child.
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