What is "zhukovsky"

Zhukovsky (masculine), Zhukovskaya (feminine), or Zhukovskoye (neuter) may refer to:

Zhukovsky is a 1950 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Dmitri Vasilyev, based on the life of Russian scientist Nikolai Zhukovsky (1847–1921), founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics. In 1950 Pudovkin received the Best Director award at the 5th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for this film. In 1951 Pudovkin, Shebalin, Golovnya, and Belokurov received the Stalin Prize.

Zhukovsky (; masculine), Zhukovskaya (; feminine), or Zhukovskoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

• Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, a city under the oblast jurisdiction in Moscow Oblast

• Zhukovsky, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a settlement in Stepnoy Selsoviet of Verkhneuralsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast
• Zhukovsky, Oryol Oblast, a settlement in Bolshekolchevsky Selsoviet of Kromskoy District of Oryol Oblast
• Zhukovsky, Stavropol Krai, a khutor in Novomayaksky Selsoviet of Novoselitsky District of Stavropol Krai
• Zhukovsky, Nikitinsky Selsoviet, Kumylzhensky District, Volgograd Oblast, a khutor in Nikitinsky Selsoviet of Kumylzhensky District of Volgograd Oblast
• Zhukovsky, Sulyayevsky Selsoviet, Kumylzhensky District, Volgograd Oblast, a khutor in Sulyayevsky Selsoviet of Kumylzhensky District of Volgograd Oblast
• Zhukovskoye, a selo in Zhukovskoye Rural Settlement of Peschanokopsky District of Rostov Oblast
• Zhukovskaya, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Puchezhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast
• Zhukovskaya, Rostov Oblast, a stanitsa in Zhukovskoye Rural Settlement of Dubovsky District of Rostov Oblast
• Zhukovskaya, Kharovsky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Kumzersky Selsoviet of Kharovsky District of Vologda Oblast
• Zhukovskaya, Lokhotsky Selsoviet, Tarnogsky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Lokhotsky Selsoviet of Tarnogsky District of Vologda Oblast
• Zhukovskaya, Shebengsky Selsoviet, Tarnogsky District, Vologda Oblast, a village in Shebengsky Selsoviet of Tarnogsky District of Vologda Oblast

Zhukovsky (Russian: Жуковский, , ) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian surname. The Polish spelling is: Żukowski. Notable people with the surname include:

• Nikolay Ivanovich Zhukovsky (1833–1895), Russian revolutionary
• Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky (1847–1921), Russian scientist, creator of the Joukovsky (Joukowsky) transform and equation.
• Stanislav Zhukovsky (1875–1944), Polish-Russian impressionist painter

• Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), Russian poet

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