In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ukrainian surname meaning a furrier”. Today it says “ukrainian and jewish occupational surname”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ukrainian surname meaning a furrier”. Today it says “ukrainian and jewish occupational surname”.
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Kushnir ( Ukrainian : Кушнір , Belarusian : Кушнір , Russian : Кушни́р, Ку́шнир , Yiddish : קושניר ) is a Ukrainian and Jewish occupational surname , meaning furrier , see " Kürschner " for etymology. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Kushnir (born 1978), Soviet-born Israeli politician Alla Kushnir (1941–2013), Soviet-born Israeli chess Woman Grandmaster Alla Kushnir , "Ukraine Has Talent" belly dancing competitor Anton Kushnir (born 1984), Belarusian aerial skier Asher Kushnir , Soviet-born Israeli child-rearing professional David Kushnir (1931–2020), Israeli Olympic long-jumper Pavel Kushnir (1984–2024), Russian pianist and political activist Surname list This page lists people with the surname Kushnir, Kusznir, Kušnír , Kušnir ; Kušnier . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Kushnir ( Ukrainian : Кушнир) is a Ukrainian surname meaning a furrier . It may refer to: Alla Kushnir - a Russian–born Israeli chess Woman Grandmaster. Vardan Vardanovich Kushnir - a notorious spammer Surname list This page lists people with the surname Kushnir . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link.
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Kushnir ( , , Russian: Кушни́р, Ку́шнир , ) is a Ukrainian surname also used by Ashkenazi Jews .In Ukrainian the surname means " furrier ", as does the Ashkenazi Jewish name.
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Kushnir ( , , Russian: Кушни́р, Ку́шнир , ) is a Ukrainian and Jewish surname , meaning furrier .
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ukrainian surname meaning a furrier”. Today it says “ukrainian and jewish occupational surname”. Read the current article and compare.
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ukrainian surname meaning a furrier
Now
ukrainian and jewish occupational surname
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