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Kashin is a town and the administrative center of Kashinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located around a rural agricultural area on the Kashinka River ( Volga's tributary). Population: 18,000 (1970).
Kashin (masculine) or Kashina (feminine) may refer to:
Kashin (November 1968 – 24 August 2009) was an Asian elephant who spent most of her life at Auckland Zoo in Auckland, New Zealand. She arrived from Como Zoo in the United States in 1973 and remained at Auckland Zoo until her death.
She was famous for being sponsored by ASB Bank, and featured in the New Zealand produced television programme The Zoo.
She was euthanised on 24 August 2009 due to chronic arthritis and foot abscesses.
Kashin (masculine, ) or Kashina (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Kashina, writer
- Daniil Kashin (1769–1841), Russian composer
- Kendo Kashin (born 1968), ring name of the Japanese wrestler Tokimitsu Ishizawa
- Nikolay Kashin, Russian physician and discoverer of the Kashin-Beck Disease
- Oleg Kashin (born 1980), Russian journalist and seaman