Petrovsky (masculine) and its feminine form Petrovskaya are Russian-language surnames. People with the surname include:

People

* Adolf Petrovsky (1887–1937), Soviet diplomat *

Boris Petrovsky Boris Petrovsky (27 June 1908 – 4 May 2004) was a Russian general surgeon who was the health minister of the Soviet Union in the period 1965–1980. Early life and education Petrovsky was born in Yessentuki on 27 June 1908. His parents were V ...

(1908–2004), Soviet surgeon and politician *

Grigory Petrovsky Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Петро́вский, uk, Григо́рій Іва́нович Петро́вський, translit=Hryhorii Ivanovych Petrovskyi) (3 February 1878 - 9 January 1958) wa ...

(1878–1958), Ukrainian revolutionary *

Ivan Petrovsky Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky (russian: Ива́н Гео́ргиевич Петро́вский) (18 January 1901 – 15 January 1973) (the family name is also transliterated as Petrovskii or Petrowsky) was a Soviet mathematician working mainly in t ...

(1901–1973), mathematician *

Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (December 31, 1918 – June 3, 2018) was a Russian-American author, actress and a sniper during World War II. A survivor of the siege of Leningrad, she married an American diplomat and came to the United States, becoming t ...

(1918–2018), Russian-American writer *

Leonid Petrovsky Leonid Grigorevich Petrovsky (11 June 1897 – 17 August 1941) was a Soviet lieutenant general. He was the oldest son of Grigory Petrovsky. He was born in what is now Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. He was promoted to Komkor from Komdiv in 1937. While ...

(1897–1941), Soviet lieutenant general *

Nikolai Petrovsky Nikolay Fyodorovich Petrovsky (russian: Николай Фёдорович Петровский; 1837–1908) was the Russian consul-general in Kashgar from 1882 until 1902. Petrovsky's main adversary during his time in Central Asia was George Ma ...

(1837–1908), diplomat *

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (born April 6, 1962) is an American historian, philologist and essayist, noted in particular for his studies of the institution of Cantonism, his critique of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's controversial two volume-work about ...

(born 1962), Russian-American historian, philologist and essayist

Fictional characters

Aleksandr Petrovsky Caroline Marie "Carrie" Bradshaw is a fictional character from the HBO franchise ''Sex and the City'', portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Candace Bushnell created Carrie as a semi-autobiographical character for her column "Sex and the City" in '' ...

, fictional character played by Mikhail Baryshnikov in '' Sex and the City'' {{Peter-surname Slavic-language surnames Russian-language surnames