What is "abalkin"

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

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