Rozhdestvensky (surname) explained

Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Рождественский; masculine) or Rozhdestvenskaya (feminine) is a Russian last name. It is shared by the following people:

• Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky (1920–1983), Soviet paleontologist
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931–2018), Russian musical conductor
• Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya (1900–1997), Russian soprano
• Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932–1994), Soviet/Russian poet
• Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939–2011), Soviet cosmonaut
• Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky (1895–1977), Russian/Soviet poet
• Yuri Rozhdestvensky (1926–1999), Soviet linguist
• Zoya Rozhdestvenskaya (1906–1953), Soviet singer

See also

• Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848–1909), Russian admiral