Chizhevsky

The Russian-language surname Chizhevsky (feminine: Chizhevskaya) derives from the word chizh meaning "siskin". Surnames of similar derivations include Chizh and Chizhov; the Polish-language equivalent is Czyżewski, The Ukrainian spelling is Chyzhevskyi.

Notable people with the surname include:

Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (born 1971), Ukrainian soccer player and coach
Alexander Chizhevsky (1897–1964), Soviet biophysicist, Russian cosmism
Dmytro Chyzhevsky (1894 – 1977),Ukrainian-born scholar of Slavic literature, history, culture and philosophy
Elżbieta Justyna Chizhevsky (1938–2010), Polish and American actress
Heorhii Chyzhevskyi (born 1924), Ukrainian centenarian masters swimmer and World War II veteran
Ilya Chizhevsky (born 1978), Russian businessman
Kim Chizevsky-Nicholls (born 1968), American professional female bodybuilding champion
Vasily Georgevich Chizhevsky or Vasile Cijevschi (1880–1931), Russian rittmaster, Russo-Japanese war participant, Bessarabia politician, administrator and writer
Vladimir Chizhevsky (1899–1972), Soviet aircraft engineer

See also