Pokrovsky

Pokrovsky, also spelled Pokrovski and Pokrovskii (), or Pokrovskaya (feminine; Покровская) is a Russian clerical surname derived from ''Pokrov'', either from the feast of (Intercession of the Theotokos) or from any of Porkov churches or monasteries.

Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Pokrovsky (1898–1979), Soviet military leader *Anatoly Pokrovsky (1930–2022), Russian vascular surgeon *Boris Pokrovsky (1912–2009), former chief director of the Bolshoi Theater and founder of the Moscow Chamber Opera Theater *Dmitry Pokrovsky (born 1987) – head RSM. *Dmitri Pokrovsky (1944–1996), Russian musician *Georgy Pokrovsky (1901–1979), Soviet physicist *Igor Pokrovsky (1926–2002), Soviet architect *Ksenia Pokrovsky (1942–2013), Russian-American icon painter *Konstantin Pokrovsky (1868–1944), Russian and Ukrainian astronomer *Maksim Pokrovsky (born 1968), Russian musician *Mikhail Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (1868–1932), Soviet historian and academic *Mikhail Pokrovsky (linguist) (1869–1942), Russian/Soviet linguist, literary critic, and academic *Nikolai Pokrovsky (1865–1930), last foreign minister of the Russian Empire *Nikolai Pokrovsky (actor) (1896–1961), Soviet actor, theater director, and People's Artist of the USSR *Valery Pokrovsky (born 1931), Russian physicist *Victor Pokrovsky (1897–1990), Russian choir director, translator, and music arranger *Viktor Pokrovsky (1889–1922), Russian lieutenant general *Vladimir Pokrovsky (architect) (1871–1931?), Russian architect *Vladimir Pokrovsky (pilot) (1918–1998), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union Provided by Wikipedia