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Shubin , or Shubina (feminine; Шубина), is a Russian-language surname. It derived from the Russian word шуба shuba meaning fur coat.
People with the surname Shubin include:
- Alexander Shubin (b. 1983), Russian figure skater
- Joel Shubin, Russian-American writer
- Fedot Shubin (1740–1805), Russian sculptor
- Lester Shubin, American investor
- Lyudmila Shubina, Soviet handball player
- Mikhail Shubin (mathematician) (born 1944), Russian-American mathematician
- Mikhail Shubin (triathlete) (born 1988), Russian triathlete
- Neil Shubin, American biologist and science writer
People with the surname Shubina include:
- Ekaterina Shubina, Canoer at the 2006 Asian Games
- Galina Shubina, Russian poster and graphics artist
- Lyudmila Shubina, Soviet-Azerbaijani handball player
- Mariya Shubina, Soviet sprint canoer
Shubin is the mythological spirit of the mines. The legend of Shubin is distributed mainly in the mining towns of Donbas, Ukraine. In the north one can hear several legends about the spirit of the mines. The spirit is usually good, but can be wicked. There is no single point of view about the etymology of the word. Explanations include: (1) the nickname of a miner, whose soul, according to legend, walks in a fur coat at the bottom of the mine with a torch in his hand and burns the gas ( firedamp); (2) the name of the cruel mining master Shubin, who slew workers underground; (3) the sound from methane (Shu-Shu), which often accumulates in the mines.