What is "kvashnin"

Kvashnin (masculine) or Kvashnina (feminine) is a Russian surname.

This surname is shared by the following people:

• Anatoly Kvashnin (born 1946), Chief of the Russian General Staff from 1997 to 2004 and Hero of the Russian Federation
• Konstantin Kvashnin (1898–1982), Soviet Russian football player and manager
• Yuri Kvashnin (born 1964), Soviet Russian pair skater