Uspensky (russian: Успе́нский, Polish-Uśpieński), or Uspenskaya (feminine; Успе́нская, Uśpieńska) is an east-european surname that may refer to:

People

Aleksandr Uspensky Aleksandr Ivanovich Uspensky (russian: Александр Иванович Успенский; 1902 – January 28, 1940) was a senior officer of the Cheka, the Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie, GPU and the NKVD. Uspensky was both a p ...

(1902–1940), Soviet

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

officer * Andrej Uspenski, Russian photographer *

Boris Uspensky Boris Andreevich Uspenskij (russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Успе́нский) (born 1 March 1937, in Moscow) is a Russian linguist, philologist, semiotician, historian of culture. Biography Uspenskij graduated from Moscow Univ ...

(born 1937), Russian philologist and historian *

Eduard Uspensky Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwri ...

(1937–2018), Russian writer *

Fyodor Uspensky Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky or Uspenskij (russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Успе́нский ) was a Russian Empire and Soviet Byzantinist. His works are considered to be among the finest illustrations of the flowering of Byzantine studie ...

(1845–1928), Russian Byzantinist *

Gleb Uspensky Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky ( rus, Глеб Иванович Успенский; October 25, 1843 April 6, 1902), was a Russian Empire writer, and a prominent figure of the Narodnik movement. Biography Early life Gleb Uspensky was born in Tula, t ...

(1843–1902), Russian writer *

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(1883–1947), Stanford University mathematician * Konstantin Uspensky (1874–1917), Russian historian *

Lev Uspensky Lev Vasilyevich Uspensky (russian: Лев Васильевич Успенский, 8 February 1900 – 18 December 1978) was a Russian writer and philologist, known for his popular science books in linguistics.Lyubov Uspenskaya Lyubov Zalmanovna Uspenskaya (Russian: Любо́вь За́лмановна Успе́нская; born Sitsker (Си́цкер); 24 February 1954) is a Soviet, Russian and American performer of Russian popular music, much of which is the s ...

(born 1954), popular Ukrainian/Russian chanson singer *

Maria Ouspenskaya Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya (russian: Мария Алексеевна Успенская; 29 July 1876 – 3 December 1949) was a Russian actress and acting teacher.Nissen, Axel. 2006. ''Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywoo ...

(1876–1949), Russian actress and acting teacher * Marina Uspenskaya (1925–2007), Russian book designer and graphics painter *

Nikolai Uspensky Nikolai Vasilyevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Никола́й Васи́льевич Успе́нский; 31 May 1837 – 2 November 1889) was a Russian writer, and a cousin of fellow writer Gleb Uspensky. Uspensky wrote extensively about the ...

(1837–1889), Russian writer * Nikolay Nikolayevich Uspensky, Russian diplomat, current ambassador to Estonia *

Peter Uspensky Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii (known in English as Peter D. Ouspensky; rus, Пётр Демья́нович Успе́нский, Pyotr Demyánovich Uspénskiy; 5 March 1878 – 2 October 1947) was a Russian esotericist known for his expositions ...

(1878–1947), Russian esotericist and philosopher, known as P. D. Ouspensky *

Porphyrius Uspensky Bishop Porphyrius (russian: Епи́скоп Порфи́рий, secular name Konstantin Aleksandrovich Uspensky, russian: Константи́н Алекса́ндрович Успе́нский; 8 September 1804 - 19 April 1885), was a Russian ...

(1804–1885), Russian traveller and theologian * Viktor Uspensky (1879–1949), Russian/Soviet musician and composer *

Vladimir Andreyevich Uspensky Vladimir Andreyevich Uspensky (Russian: Влади́мир Андре́евич Успе́нский; 27 November 1930 – 27 June 2018) was a Russian mathematician, linguist, writer, doctor of physics and mathematics (1964). He was the author of n ...

(born 1930), Soviet/Russian mathematician * Vladislav Uspensky (1937–2004), Soviet/Russian pianist and composer * Yevgeny Uspensky (1889–1945), Russian/Soviet microbiologist

Other uses

* Uspensky District, a district in Krasnodar Krai * Uspensky (rural locality) (''Uspenskaya'', ''Uspenskoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *

Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki russian: Успенский собор sv, Uspenskijkatedralen , native_name_lang = , image = File:Catedral Uspenski, Helsinki, Finlandia, 2012-08-14, DD 03.JPG , coordinates = , location = Helsi ...

, an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland * Uspensky Sobor, Russian name for the

Cathedral of the Dormition The Cathedral of the Dormition (russian: Успенский собор , translit = Uspensky sobor), also known as the Assumption Cathedral or Cathedral of the Assumption, is a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. ...

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