Pashkevich (; ) is a Polish surname which ultimately comes from the

East Slav The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert Huds ...

personal name A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...

''Pashka'' or ''Pashko'', a diminutive of Pavel (

Paul Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...

).''Бірыла М. В. (), ''Беларуская антрапанімiя. Уласныя iмёны, iмёны-мянушкi, iмёны па бацьку, прозвішчы'', — Мінск: Навука i тэхніка, 1966, p. 132. The surname may refer to: * Alaiza Pashkevich (1876–1916), Belarusian poet and political activist * Andrey Pashkevich (1945-2011), Russian cinematographer and painter *

Igor Pashkevich Igor Anatolyevich Pashkevich (; 1 July 1971 – 26 March 2016) was a figure skating coach and competitor. He was the 1990 World Junior champion for the Soviet Union and the 1996 European silver medalist for Russia. He competed at the 1994 Lille ...

(1971–2016), Russian figure skater *

Vasily Pashkevich Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich () (c. 1742, probably Ukraine – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violinist and teacher of Ukrainian origin who lived during the time of Catherine the Great. Bi ...

(1742–1797), Russian musician * Yekaterina Pashkevich (born 1972), Russian ice hockey player

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