Petrovsky (feminine: Petrovskaya) is a Russian-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People
- Adolf Petrovsky (1887âÂÂ1937), Soviet diplomat
- (born 1981), Russian singer
- Boris Petrovsky (1908âÂÂ2004), Soviet surgeon and politician
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (1933âÂÂ2023), German jazz saxophonist
- David Petrovsky (Lipetz) (also known as Max Goldfarb, Bennett, Humboldt, Brown (1886âÂÂ1937), Jewish revolutionary politician, economist, journalist, general of the Red Army, and Soviet statesman
- Grigory Petrovsky (1878âÂÂ1958), Ukrainian revolutionary
- Ivan Petrovsky (1901âÂÂ1973), Soviet mathematician
- Kristina Petrovskaia (born 1980), retired Russian ice hockey player
- Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (1918âÂÂ2018), Russian-American writer
- Leonid Petrovsky (1897âÂÂ1941), Soviet lieutenant general
- (1933âÂÂ2019), Russian astronomer, the namesake of 5319 Petrovskaya, minor planet
- (1875âÂÂ1921), Russian philologer, best known for his "áûþòðÃÂàÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúøÃÂ
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- (1891âÂÂ1968), Russian teacher best known for his Dictionary of Russian First Names
- Nikolai Petrovsky (1837âÂÂ1908), Russian diplomat
- Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (born 1962), Russian-American historian, philologist and essayist
Fictional characters
See also