Polonsky

Polonsky (Russian: Полонский, Ukrainian: Полонський) is a surname. It is quite common in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The name independently appeared in Russia and Ukraine, and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and a little later was used by Polish Jews. The first mention of the surname comes from 16th century Polish genealogy books as a name of an old Lithuanian family Połoński that belonged to Leliwa coat of arms.[1][2] The origin of the name is attributed to Latin polonus 'Polish', or to villages Polonka, Polonnoye or Polonsk in modern Belarus.[3][4]

Notable people with this name include:

## Polonsky

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* Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), American film director and novelist
* Antony Polonsky (born 1940), American professor of Holocaust studies
* Arthur Polonsky (1925–2019), American painter
* David Polonsky (born 1973), Ukraine-born Israeli book illustrator an artistic film director
* Gary Polonsky (born 1942), Canadian university president
* Lea Polonsky (born 2002), Israeli swimmer
* Leonid Polonsky (1833—1913) Russian writer and journalist
* Luciano Palonsky (born 1999), Argentine professional volleyball player
* Pinchas Polonsky (born 1958), Russian-Israeli religious philosopher and researcher
* Sergei Polonsky (born 1972), Russian businessman
* Vitold Polonsky (1879–1919), Russian silent film actor
* Vladimir Polonsky (1893–1937), First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party
* Vyacheslav Polonsky (1886–1932), Russian critic, journalist and historian.
* Yakov Polonsky (1819–1898), Russian Pushkinist poet
* Yevgeny Polonsky (died 1919), Ukrainian Red Army soldier

## Polonski

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* Abraham Polonski (1913-?), Russian French Resistance member
* Dominik Połoński (1976–2018), Polish cellist

## Polonskaya

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* Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890–1969), Russian poet
* Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa, Soviet astronomer
* 2006 Polonskaya, a main-belt asteroid, named after the former

## See also

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* All pages with titles containing Polonsky
* Polonsky conspiracy, a Bolshevik attempted coup in Ukraine
* Polonskyi Raion, a former administrative district in Ukraine

## References

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1. ^ Paprocki, Bartosz (1584). Herby rycerstwa polskiego. Kraków.
2. ^ Niesiecki, Ks. Kacper (1728). Herby i familie rycerskie tak w Koronie jako y w W.X.L. Lwów.
3. ^ Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire: Revised Edition.
4. ^ "Что значит фамилия ПОЛОНСКИЙ?".

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