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Romanovsky (masculine), Romanovskaya (feminine) is a
Russian surname .
Other Slavic equivalents:
Romanowski (Polish),
Ramanauskas (Lithuanian),
Ramanouski /Ramanouskaya (Belarusian), Romanovskyy/Romanovska (Ukrainian). All are
toponymic surnames derived from any of locations named
Romanów ,
Romany , or
Romanowo ,
[1] the latter names literally meaning "belonging to
Roman ."
Notable people with the surname include:
Russian
Alexander Romanovsky (chess player) (1880–1943), Lithuanian–Russian chess master
Alexander Romanovsky (pianist) (born 1984), Ukrainian classical pianist
Elena Romanovskaya , Russian ice dancer
Ivan Romanovsky (1877–1920), general in the Imperial Russian Army and White movement
Princess Natalia Romanovskaya-Iskander (1917–1999), daughter of Prince Romanovsky-Iskander, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russia
Paul Ilyinsky (Paul Romanovsky-Ilyinsky), 1928–2004), former mayor of Palm Beach, Florida and a son of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich of Russia
Peter Romanovsky (1892–1964), chess player
Vladimir Zakharovich Romanovsky (1896-1967), Soviet general
Vladimir Romanovsky (1957–2013), Soviet sprint canoeist
Vsevolod Ivanovich Romanovsky (1879–1954), Russian-Soviet-Uzbek mathematician
Belarusian
Ukrainian
See also
References
^ Dictionary of American Family Names , Oxford University Press, 2013