The Russian-language surname Chizhevsky (feminine: Chizhevskaya) derives from the word ''chizh'' meaning "
siskin
The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words ''sisschen'', ''zeischen'', which are diminutive forms of Middle High German (''zîsec'') and Middle Low German (''ziseke'', ''sisek'') words, which ...
". Surnames of similar derivations include
Chizh
Chyzh ( be, Чыж) or Chizh (russian: Чиж) is an East Slavic surname referring to the Eurasian siskin (''Spinus spinus''). It is equivalent to the Polish surname Czyż and the Czech surname Číž. Notable people with this surname include:
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and
Chizhov; the Polish-language equivalent is
Czyżewski
Czyżewski (; feminine: Czyżewska; plural: Czyżewscy) is a Polish surname, derived from the Polish word "czyż", meaning " siskin". Surnames of similar derivations include Czyż and Czyżowicz, Chyzheuski or Čyžeŭski (from be, Чыжэўск ...
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The surname may refer to:
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Alexander Chizhevsky
Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Чиже́вский, also Aleksandr Leonidovich Tchijevsky) (7 February 1897 – 20 December 1964) was a Soviet-era interdisciplinary scientist, a biophysicist ...
, Soviet biophysicist
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Ilya Chizhevsky, Russian businessman
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Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born April 23, 1968) is an American professional female bodybuilding champion, fitness, and figure competitor.
Early life and education
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born Kim Chizevsky) was born in 1968 in Charleston, Illinoi ...
, American professional bodybuilder
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Vasile Cijevschi
Vasile Cijevschi (also credited as Cijevschii, Cijevski or Tchizhevsky; October 17, 1881 – July 14, 1931) Mihai Tașcă in ''Timpul'', April 10, 2010 was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician, administrator and writer. Originally a career office ...
, Bessarabian soldier and politician
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Chizhevski BOK-1
The BOK-1 (''Byuro Osobykh Konstrooktsiy'' - bureau of special design), (a.k.a. SS (''Stratosfernii Samolyet'' – stratospheric aircraft)), was an experimental high-altitude aircraft designed and built in the USSR from 1934.
Development
The B ...
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Chizhevski BOK-5
The BOK-5 (russian: БОК-5) was a tail-less research aircraft designed and built in the USSR from 1937, by the ''Byuro Osobykh Konstrooktsiy'' (bureau of special design) (russian: Бюро особых конструкций (БОК)).
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Russian-language surnames