Pokrovsky

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Pokrovsky, also spelled Pokrovski and Pokrovskii (Russian: Покровский), or Pokrovskaya (feminine; Покровская) is a Slavic last name. Its form in neuter is Pokrovskoye. It may refer to:

People

• Alexander Pokrovsky (1898-1979), a Soviet military leader
• Boris Pokrovsky (1912-?), a former head of the Bolshoi Theatre and founder of the Moscow Chamber Opera Theatre
• Dmitry Pokrovsky (1944-1996), a Russian musician
• Georgy Pokrovsky (1901-1979), a Soviet physicist
• Igor Pokrovsky (1926-2002), a Soviet architect
• Mikhail Pokrovsky (1868-1932), a Russian politician, historian and academician
• Mikhail Pokrovsky (1869-1942), a Russian/Soviet linguist, literary critic and academician
• Nikolai Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (1865-1930), the last foreign minister of the Russian Empire
• Nikolai Pokrovsky (actor) (1896-1961), a Soviet actor, theater director, and People's Artist of the USSR
• Valery Pokrovsky (1931), a Russian physicist
• Viktor Leonidovich Pokrovsky (1889-1922), a Russian lieutenant general
• Vladimir Pokrovsky (1871-1931?), a Russian architect
• Vladimir Pokrovsky (1918-1998), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union

Other

• Pokrovsky District, a district in Oryol Oblast, Russia
• Pokrovsky Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, in Red Square, Moscow
• Pokrovsky Monastery (Moscow), a male monastery in Moscow, Russia
• Pokrovsky Monastery (Suzdal), a female monastery in Suzdal, Russia
• Pokrovsky (village), a village (selo) in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
• Pokrovskoye, Oryol Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Oryol Oblast, Russia
• Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast, a village (selo) in Tyumen Oblast, Russia
• Pokrovskoye, name of several other rural localities in Russia

See also: Pokrovsk, Novopokrovsky, and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line