Azanchevsky Explained

Azanchevsky (ru|Азанчевский; masculine) or Azanchevskaya (Russian: Азанчевская; feminine) is a Russian last name.^[1] It is derived from the Turkic word meaning muezzin.

People with the last name

• Mikhail Azanchevsky, director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1871–1876

References

Sources

• Ю. А. Федосюк (Yu. A. Fedosyuk). "Русские фамилии: популярный этимологический словарь" (Russian Last Names: a Popular Etymological Dictionary). Москва, 2006.

Notes and References

1. Fedosyuk, entry on "Азанчевский".