Vvedensky () (masculine) or Vvedenskaya (feminine) is an artificial Russian surname originated in clergy, derived after the feast of Введение во храм Пресвятой Богородицы, i.e., the Presentation of Mary,Boris Unbegaun, Русские фамилии,p. 172 possibly after a church or monastery named VVedensky.
Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Vvedensky (poet) (1904–1941)
Alexander Vvedensky (religious leader) (1888–1946) Alexei Ivanovich Vvedensky, Russian botanist Arseny Vvedensky (1844–1909), literary critic Boris Vvedensky, Russian radiophysicist, chief editor of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Nikolai Vvedensky (1852–1922), Russian physiologist
See also
Vvedensky (disambiguation) References