Kishinevsky (also Kyshynivskyi, Kishinevski, etc.) is a Bessarabian Jewish toponymic surname. Its meaning in Russian language is "somebody from Chișinău" (from the Russian spelling of the place name Kishinev/Kishinyov (Кишинёв); now the place is the capital of Moldova). Its Romanian-language spelling is Chișinevschi. Aleksandr Kishinevsky (born 1954), Russian footballer and coach Iosif Chișinevschi (1905-1963), Jewish Romanian communist Liuba Chișinevschi (1911–1981), Romanian communist activist (1917-1993), Jewish Romanian and Soviet chemist (1862-1942), Jewish Ukrainian and Soviet painter and painting educator
See also
Kishinyovsky Uyezd