Dymshits () is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname originating in the Russian Empire. It is one of the transformations of the toponymic surname "Domashitskij/Domashitsky" (), from the place name , (now in Pinsk District, Belarus).Alexander Beider, A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire, 1993, p.179. Other variations include Dimsits, Demsitz, Dymshets, Dymshich, Domshits, Dymashits, Diemschutz.
Notable people with this name include:
Aleksandr Dymshits, Soviet professor and military officer Mark Dymshits, part of the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair Veniamin Dymshits, Soviet party leader
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