Belenky, feminine: Belenkaya () is a Russian surname, typically of people of Jewish origin. In 1972 it was the 14th most common Jewish surname in Moscow and the 16th in Leningrad."Левин, Фридман, Рабинович…" (retrieved December 26, 2014) The webpage cites as its source the book A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire by Alexander Beider (1993)
The surname may refer to:
Abram Belenky, Soviet secret service (Cheka/GPU/NKVD) leader Roman Belenky, former member of Motorama (band) Valery Belenky, Soviet Azerbaijani/German artistic gymnast Dina Belenkaya, Russian chess player Maya Belenkaya, Soviet figure skater
See also
Belenkaya, volcano Belenky, Amur Oblast Belenky, Volgograd Oblast
References
ru:Беленький