We know from a Russian language document that the Cherlins of Plisa, at least, used the spelling Tsirlin in Russian. (See Plisa line.) In the U.S. they adopted the spelling "Cherlyn".
We also have a Bessie Cherlin Glinsky who was born in Disna in 1895 and died in Syracuse, New York; she had a niece Shifra Cherlin Feigelman living in Montreal.
We had the following communication in Fall 1998: Michael George Tsirlin was a student in the Electrical Engineering Department of UCLA, as of 1998.
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We came from the Ukraine five years ago, but part of our family came to the U.S. in the early 1900's. My father's name is George, son of Alexander, son of Leo (Leiba). Leo had a brother David. I have relatives in Petersburg, Moscow, and New York.
With this spelling, the SSDI has listings for
There is also an SSDI listing for
Igor Tsirlin, Binghamton University
We have a major line originating in Drissa, Belarus, later emigrating to Israel (1990-1999) and Canada (Ottawa, Toronto). See the Drissa Tsirlin page.
Earliest known ancestor: Israel Tsirlin
We have some additional individuals identified with no genealogical information.
The 
Estonian Line uses
the spelling Tserlin, which in Russia was not a variant spelling of
Tsirlin, but may well have been a variant spelling of Cherlin.
One extensive line originates in Dokshitzy (modern Doksycy, Belarus), and a possibly related line (same page) in Parafianov near Dokshitzy.
Shalom Tsirlin. Editor of the Disna Memorial Volume (Tel Aviv, 1969).
Shaul Tsirlin, song lyricist and performer. His discography (1989-1997) was formerly available at Eshkolot (Israeli Artists Society) via the link http://www.eshkolot.co.il/artists/shaul_tsirlin.shtml.
Contemporary Telephone Listings
Meir Tzirlin is listed as a resident of Dusiat in the Yizkor book for Rokiskis (Rakishok) and environs.
Troitsk, Chelyabinsk oblast
Tatyana Vladimirovna Tsyrlina is a Professor of Education at Kursk University.
Igor Samuilovich Tsirlin is a member of the Russian Academy of Science, and head of Informkosmos, a space communications and satellite development firm.
Mark Samuel Tsirlin was listed in the International Who's Who in 1998. We do not know definitely whether the father was the same in both cases.
We have independent sources of meager information about Moscow lines, possibly the same one, but perhaps also many different ones.
A lot of Tsirlins, Tsyrlins, Cherlins, and Chirlins passed through St. Petersburg or came to the attention of the authorities there, and some remained.
Among contemporaries, this includes
Participated in WWII
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