People
*Adolf Petrovsky (1887–1937), Soviet diplomat * (born 1981), Russian singer *Boris Petrovsky (1908–2004), Soviet surgeon and politician *Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (1933–2023), German jazz saxophonist * David Petrovsky (Lipetz) (also known as Max Goldfarb, Bennett, Humboldt, Brown (1886–1937), Jewish revolutionary politician, economist, journalist, general of the Red Army, and Soviet statesman *Grigory Petrovsky (1878–1958), Ukrainian revolutionary *Ivan Petrovsky (1901–1973), Soviet mathematician *Kristina Petrovskaia (born 1980), retired Russian ice hockey player *Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (1918–2018), Russian-American writer *Leonid Petrovsky (1897–1941), Soviet lieutenant general * (1933–2019), Russian astronomer, the namesake of 5319 Petrovskaya, minor planet * (1875–1921), Russian philologer, best known for his "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names'') * (1891–1968), Russian teacher best known for his ''Dictionary of Russian First Names'' *Nikolai Petrovsky (1837–1908), Russian diplomat *Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (born 1962), Russian-American historian, philologist and essayistFictional characters
*Aleksandr Petrovsky, fictional character played by Mikhail Baryshnikov in ''Sex and the City''See also
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