Petrovsky (feminine: Petrovskaya) is a Russian-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People Adolf Petrovsky (1887–1937), Soviet diplomat (born 1981), Russian singer Boris Petrovsky (1908–2004), Soviet surgeon and politician Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (1933–2023), German jazz saxophonist David Petrovsky (Lipetz) (also known as Max Goldfarb, Bennett, Humboldt, Brown (1886–1937), Jewish revolutionary politician, economist, journalist, general of the Red Army, and Soviet statesman Grigory Petrovsky (1878–1958), Ukrainian revolutionary Ivan Petrovsky (1901–1973), Soviet mathematician Kristina Petrovskaia (born 1980), retired Russian ice hockey player Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (1918–2018), Russian-American writer Leonid Petrovsky (1897–1941), Soviet lieutenant general (1933–2019), Russian astronomer, the namesake of 5319 Petrovskaya, minor planet (1875–1921), Russian philologer, best known for his "Словарь русских личных имён" (Dictionary of Russian First Names) (1891–1968), Russian teacher best known for his Dictionary of Russian First Names Nikolai Petrovsky (1837–1908), Russian diplomat Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (born 1962), Russian-American historian, philologist and essayist
Fictional characters Aleksandr Petrovsky, fictional character played by Mikhail Baryshnikov in Sex and the City See also
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