Maidanik
Introduction '''Maidanik''', '''Maidannik''' and '''Maidanchik''' (Майданик, Майданник, Майданчик) are Jewish surnames originated in the Russian Empire. '''Maidannik''' or '''Maidannik''' is also a Ukrainian surname. They were derived from the Ukrainian word ''maidannink'', which means "worker in tar". In the Russian language, ''maidannik'' also means "con man operating in a marketplace" (from the word "maidan"). A similar sounding Croatian surname is Maidandzic (Majdandžić), possibly unrelated. '''Maidanik''' or '''Maydanik''' may refer to:*Kiva Maidanik, a Soviet Russian historian and political scientist*Yuri Maidanik, inventor of the loop heat pipe and a 1999 recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in science and technology'''Maidannik''' or '''Maydannik''' may refer to:*Igor Maidannik, executive vice president for legal support of the TNK-BP Russian oil company
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