Petrovsky
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Petrovsky Petrovskaya (feminine), or Petrovskoye (neuter) may refer to:
People
- Adolf PetrovskyAdolf PetrovskyAdolf Markovich Petrovsky was a Soviet diplomat.From 10 December 1924 until 31 January 1930, Petrovsky was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Estonia; from 31 January 1930 to 21 December 1930 he was Plenipotentiary Representative of the USSR in Lithuania; from 21 December...
, Soviet diplomat - Grigory PetrovskyGrigory PetrovskyGrigory Ivanovich Petrovsky was one of the most prominent Russian revolutionaries of Ukrainian origin, who was the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR from December 30, 1922, to January 12, 1938....
, Ukrainian revolutionary - Ivan PetrovskyIvan PetrovskyIvan Georgievich Petrovsky, also Petrovskii was a Soviet mathematician in the field of partial differential equations, and studied Petrovsky lacunas. He greatly contributed to solution of Hilbert's 19th and 16th problems...
, mathematician - Margarita Petrovskaya, Russian astronomer
- Nikolai PetrovskyNikolai PetrovskyNikolay Fyodorovich Petrovsky was the Russian consul-general in Kashgar from 1882 until 1902.Petrovsky's main adversary during his time in Central Asia was George McCartney, his English counterpart. The competition between their two countries for influence in Central Asia is known as the Great Game...
, diplomat - Yohanan Petrovsky-ShternYohanan Petrovsky-ShternYohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is a 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 Jews in Russia, Two Hundred Years Together, as well as translations of Jorge Luis...
, Russian-American historian, philologist and essayist - Aleksandr Petrovsky, fictional character played by Mikhail Baryshnikov in Sex and the CitySex and the CitySex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
Places
- Petrovsky District, name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union
- Petrovsky (inhabited locality)Petrovsky (inhabited locality)Petrovsky , Petrovskaya , or Petrovskoye is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.-Altai Krai:As of 2010, two rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name:...
(Petrovskaya, Petrovskoye), name of several inhabited localities in Russia - PetrovskePetrovskePetrovske is a city in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 15,478 ....
, a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Other
- Petrovsky lacunaPetrovsky lacunaIn mathematics, a Petrovsky lacuna, named for the Russian mathematician I. G. Petrovsky, is a region where the fundamental solution of a linear hyperbolic partial differential equation vanishes....
, mathematical concept in the field of partial differential equations - Petrovsky PassagePetrovsky PassagePetrovsky Passage is an elite department store opened on Petrovka Street in downtown Moscow in 1906. The engineer Vladimir Shukhov, also responsible for the GUM and the Shabolovka tower, designed a covered arcade with two wide three-storey galleries covered with high-pitched semi-cylindrical glass...
, a department store - Petrovsky StadiumPetrovsky StadiumThe Petrovsky Stadium is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium,...
, soccer stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia - Petrovsky Park, a park in Moscow, Russia, which hosts FC Dynamo MoscowFC Dynamo MoscowDynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...
- Petrovsky Park, a park of Kotlin IslandKotlin IslandKotlin is a Russian island, located near the head of the Gulf of Finland, west of Saint Petersburg in the Baltic Sea. Kotlin separates the Neva Bay from the rest of the gulf...
in Saint Petersburg, Russia - Petrovsky Theatre, the predecessor of Bolshoi TheatreBolshoi TheatreThe Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world...
- 5319 Petrovskaya5319 Petrovskaya5319 Petrovskaya is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 15, 1985 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.- External links :*...
, an asteroid - Petrovskaya Tower, one of the Kremlin towersKremlin towersThe following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin. The Kremlin Wall is a defensive wall that surrounds the Moscow Kremlin, recognizable by the characteristic notches and its towers...
, Moscow, Russia