Pashkevich ( be, Пашкевіч; russian: Пашке́вич) is a surname which ultimately comes from the
East Slav
The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert Hud ...
personal name
A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...
''Pashka'' or ''Pashko'', a diminutive of Pavel (
Paul
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
).''Бірыла М. В. (), ''Беларуская антрапанімiя. Уласныя iмёны, iмёны-мянушкi, iмёны па бацьку, прозвішчы'', — Мінск: Навука i тэхніка, 1966, p. 132. The surname may refer to:
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Alaiza Pashkevich
Alaiza Pashkevich (or Ciotka; be, Алаіза Пашкевіч, ''Alaiza Paškievič''; 15 July 1876 – 5 February 1916) was a Belarusian poet and political activist of Belarusian national-democratic rebirth.Andrey Pashkevich (1945-2011), Russian cinematographer and painter
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Igor Pashkevich
Igor Anatolyevich Pashkevich (russian: Игорь Анатольевич Пашкевич; 1 July 1971 – 26 March 2016) was a figure skating coach and competitor. He was the 1990 World Junior champion for the Soviet Union and the 1996 European ...
(1971–2016), Russian figure skater
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Vasily Pashkevich
Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich (russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Пашке́вич or Паске́вич) (c. 1742, probably Ukraine – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violini ...
(1742–1797), Russian musician
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Yekaterina Pashkevich
Yekaterina Vladimirovna Pashkevich (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Пашкевич) (born December 19, 1972 in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russians, Russian ice hock ...