Spassky (masculine) or Spasskaya (feminine) is a common Russian surname, usually of descendants of
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most C ...
clergymen. The neuter form is Spasskoye. The term may refer to:
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Boris Spassky
Boris Vasilievich Spassky ( rus, Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 196 ...
(1937–2025), Soviet chess player and world champion
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Igor Spassky
Igor Dmitriyevich Spasskiy (russian: Игорь Дмитриевич Спасский, born August 2, 1926) is a Russian (and former Soviet) scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, General Designer of nearly 200 Soviet and Russian nuclear submarin ...
(1926–2024), Russian scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur
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Spassky District
Spassky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "''spas''" (" savior")—usually alluding to the concept of the Christian faith.
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, name of several districts in Russia
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Spassky (rural locality)
Spassky (russian: Спасский; masculine), Spasskaya (; feminine), or Spasskoye (; neuter) is the name of several rural localities in Russia.
Republic of Bashkortostan
As of 2010, two rural localities in the Republic of Bashkortostan bear ...
(''Spasskaya'', ''Spasskoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia
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Spasskaya Tower
The Spasskaya Tower ( rus, Спасская башня, Spasskaya Bashnya), translated as 'Saviour Tower', is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks Red Square.
History
The Spasskaya Tower was built in 1491 by th ...
, a tower of the Moscow Kremlin
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