Slonimsky is an

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian, Poland, Polish and Russian people of Jewish origin. It means "a person from the city of Slonim". Persons with this surname include the following: *Antoni Słonimski: Polish poet *Piotr Słonimski: Polish-French geneticist *Hayyim Selig Slonimski: Hebrew publisher, astronomer, inventor, and science author (known as Zinovy Slonimsky in Russia) *Lee Slonimsky: American poet *Ludvig Slonimsky: Russian economist, journalist and editor, son of Hayyim Selig (Zinovy) Slonimski *Mikhail Slonimsky: Soviet writer; younger brother of Nicolas Slonimsky *Nicolas Slonimsky: Russian-American musicologist and music critic *Sergei Slonimsky: Russian composer, son of Mikhail Slonimsky *Yuri Slonimsky (1902-1978), dancer, choreographer, historian, head of Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinema after WWII A surname with a similar meaning is Slonim: *Anthony Slonim: American author, physician and healthcare executive *Mark Slonim: Russian politician, literary critic, scholar and translator *Reuben Slonim: Canadian rabbi and journalist *Vered Slonim-Nevo: professor of social work at the Spitzer Department of Social Work in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev *Menucha Rochel Slonim: rebbetzin *Véra Nabokov (née Slonim): wife, editor, and translator of Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov

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