Bielski is a Polish spelling of the Slavic surname
Belsky. The
Lithuanized form is Bielskis/Bielskiene/Bielskytė, Latvian: Beslkis.
Notable people with the surname include:
World War II partisans
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Bielski partisans , a World War II Jewish partisan group in German-occupied Poland led by four brothers:
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Tuvia Bielski (1906–1987), a Jewish partisan of the Second World War and leader of the Bielski partisans; oldest of the four brothers
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Asael Bielski (1908–1945), second oldest of the four brothers
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Alexander Zeisal Bielski (nicknamed "Zus") (1912–1995), second youngest of the four brothers
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Aron Bielski (born 1927), youngest of the four brothers
Media about the partisans
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''The Bielski Brothers'' (book), a biography of the Bielski partisans written by Peter Duffy
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''Defiance'' (2008 film), a film adaptation of Nechama Tec's eponymous book
*''Defiance: The Bielski Partisans'', a book about the Bielski partisans written by
Nechama Tec
Nechama Tec (née Bawnik) (born 15 May 1931) is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University, where she studied and worked with the sociologist Daniel Bell, and is ...
Others
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Adi Bielski (born 1982), Israeli theatre and film actress
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Joan Bielski, (1923–2012), Australian activist
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Marcin Bielski (1495–1575), a Polish chronicler of the 16th Century
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Monika Bielskyte Monika may refer to:
People
* Monika (given name)
Films and video games
* ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German film
* ''Monika'' (1974 film), an Italian film
Music
* ''Monika'' (opera), a 1937 opera by Nico Dostal
* Monika Christodoulou, a Gree ...
(born 1986), Lithuanian-born creative and futurologist
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Ze'ev Bielski
Ze'ev Bielski ( he, זאב בילסקי, born 13 March 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. He previously chaired the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization and worked as ...
(born 1949), Israeli
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
Member and former chairman of the
Jewish Agency for Israel
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
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Dick Bielski
Richard Adam Bielski (born September 7, 1932) is a former American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, and Baltimore Colts. Bielski played colleg ...
(born 1932), American
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the maj ...
football professional player and coach
See also
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Bielsk County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
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Bielsko County, in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland), the county seat being Bielsko-Biała
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Belsky (surname)
{{surname, Bielski
Polish-language surnames