Slonimsky
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Slonimsky is a Russia
n, Belarus
ian, Polish
and Jewish surname. It means "a person from the city of Slonim
".
Persons with this surname include the following:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian, Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and Jewish surname. It means "a person from the city of Slonim
Slonim
Slonim is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. The population in 2008 was 50,800.-Etymology and historical names:...
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Persons with this surname include the following:
- Antoni Słonimski: Polish poet
- Hayyim Selig SlonimskiHayyim Selig SlonimskiHayyim Selig Slonimski was a Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author.-Biography:Hayyim Selig Slonimski was born in Byelostok, Russian Empire March 31, 1810....
: Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author - Nicolas SlonimskyNicolas SlonimskyNicolas Slonimsky was a Russian born American composer, conductor, musician, music critic, lexicographer and author. He described himself as a "diaskeuast" ; "a reviser or interpolator."- Life :...
: Russian-American musicologist and music critic - Mikhail SlonimskyMikhail SlonimskyMikhail Leonidovich Slonimsky was a Soviet writer, member of the Serapion Brothers group.Mikhail was born in Saint Petersburg to the family of Intelligentsia. His grandfather, father and aunt were professional writers. His uncle Semyon Vengerov was a famous philologist and literary critic...
: Soviet writer; younger brother of Nicolas Slonimsky - Sergei SlonimskySergei SlonimskySergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky is a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist.-Biography:He is a son of Soviet writer Mikhail Slonimsky and a nephew of the Russian-American composer Nicolas Slonimsky. He studied at the Musical College in Moscow from 1943 until 1950. From 1950 Slonimsky...
: Russian composer, son of Mikhail Slonimsky - Ludvig Slonimsky: Russian economist, son of Zinovy Slonimsky
- Zinovy Slonimsky: Russian-Jewish mathematician, the same person as Hayyim Selig SlonimskiHayyim Selig SlonimskiHayyim Selig Slonimski was a Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author.-Biography:Hayyim Selig Slonimski was born in Byelostok, Russian Empire March 31, 1810....