Balabanov
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Balabanov (Balaban, Balabanoff, etc) and their derivatives (-ovs, -ich, etc) are common last names in Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia.
[edit] Prominent Balabanovs
- Angelica Balabanov (1878-1965), a Russian-Italian Marxist revolutionary, Comintern secretary in 1919-1921
- Vasile Balabanov (1873-1947), a Provincial Administrator of Imperial Russia.
- Aleksei Balabanov (b. 1959), a Russian filmmaker.
[edit] Origins of the name
Possible origins of the name according to Dr. Tudor Balabanov:
- 1. in the Kazakh Mountains there is an eagle called Balaban from which the name may be derived.
- 2. One of the recipients of this name may have been the Persians that around 4000 years ago started naming the leading three soldiers of a battalion, namely: the one with the flag, those with a drum, and the one with a blow instrument - the Balabans.
