What is "grushin"

Grushin (masculine, ) or Grushina (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. It is derived from the sobriquet "груша" ("pear"). Notable people with the surname include:

• Aleksandr Grushin (born 1984), Russian footballer
• Andrey Grushin (born 1988), Russian footballer
• Boris Grushin (1929–2007), Russian Soviet philosopher, sociologist and scientist
• Elena Grushina (born 1975), Ukrainian ice dancer
• Olga Grushin (born 1971), Russian-American writer
• Peter Grushin (1906–1993), Russian Soviet rocket scientist