Olshansky

Olshansky or Olshanski are East Slavic toponymic surnames associated with the places Olshana, Olshanka, Olshany, Halshany. The Belarusian-language rendering of the surname are Halshansky, Alshansky, Polish: Olszański, Holszański, Lithuanian: Olšanski, Alšėniškis. In Latin-language sources, names of the house include: Domus Olszansciorum, sometimes with subdivisions like Domus Olszansciorum Hippocentaurus or D. O. Corvo. Feminine variants: Olshanska, Olshanskaya, Hoshanska, Halshanskaya. Notable people with the surname include:

Members of the Olshanski/Holshansky noble family (Alšėniškiai; Polish: Holszańscy herbu Hippocentaurus), which can be variously styled in East Slavic, Polish, or Lithuanian ways
Barbara Olshansky, American human rights lawyer
Igor Olshansky (born 1982), American football player
Ivan Olshansky (died in or after 1402), progenitor of the Lithuanian princely Alšėniškiai (Holshansky) family
Konstantin Olshansky, (1915–1944), Ukrainian Hero of the Soviet Union
Nikolay Olshansky (born 1939), Russian politician
Paweł Holszański (1485–1555)
S. Jay Olshansky (born 1954), professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Semyon Olshanski (died in 1505 or 1506), noble from the Holshansky family
Sergei Olshansky (born 1948), Soviet football player
Sophia Holshanska, or Sophia of Halshany (1405–1461), Queen of Poland as the fourth and last wife of Jogaila, King of Poland and Supreme Duke of Lithuania
Uliana Olshanska (died 1448), noblewoman from the Olshanski (Holshanski, Alšėniškiai) family, the second wife of Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
Vladimir Olshansky (born 1947), Russian performing artist, director, composer, sculptor
Yelena Olshanskaya, original name of Elena Miller, a Russian who, as alleged by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), lived in Canada as a spy
Juliana Olshanskaya (1525–1540), noblewoman, saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church

References

↑ Malum non anomalum seu pomum Reginae Eloquentiae in caelestis reginae paradiso nempe in Collegio Dobrovicensi PP. Sch. Piarum decerptum, nunc in pabulum te alimoniam gentilitio Illusritissimae Domus Olszansciorum Corvo, specialiter Georgio Olszański succameridae Cremenecensi, protunc in eodem lycaeo auditori eloquentiae nec non almae congregationis praefecto presentatum a Georgio Kostowski etiam aud. eloq (in Latin). p. 3 – via Biblioteka Narodowa.

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[1] Malum non anomalum seu pomum Reginae Eloquentiae in caelestis reginae paradiso nempe in Collegio Dobrovicensi PP. Sch. Piarum decerptum, nunc in pabulum te alimoniam gentilitio Illusritissimae Domus Olszansciorum Corvo, specialiter Georgio Olszański succameridae Cremenecensi, protunc in eodem lycaeo auditori eloquentiae nec non almae congregationis praefecto presentatum a Georgio Kostowski etiam aud. eloq (in Latin). p. 3 – via Biblioteka Narodowa.

Olshansky

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