Vishnevetsky

Vishnevetsky is an Ukrainian surname with the Polish equivalent as Wiśniowiecki. Other related names include Vishnevsky, Wiśniewski, or Wiśniowski.

Notable people with the surname include:

Dmytro Vyshnevetsky (1516–1563), Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (born 1986), Russian-born American film critic and essayist
Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), Russian poet

History

House of Wiśniowiecki, a Polish princely family of Ruthenian-Lithuanian origin

Places

Vyshnivets, formerly known as Wiśniowiec, an urban-type settlement in the Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

See also

Wiśniewski, similar Polish surname
Vishnevsky, similar Russian surname

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