Belenky
Belenky, feminine: Belenkaya ({{langx|ru|Беленький, Беленькая}}) is a Russian surname, typically of people of Jewish origin. In 1972 it was the 14th most common Jewish surname in Moscow and the 16th in Leningrad.[http://www.jewish.ru/history/words/2001/04/news9019.php "Левин, Фридман, Рабинович…"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610163102/http://www.jewish.ru/history/words/2001/04/news9019.php |date=2013-06-10 }} (retrieved December 26, 2014) The webpage cites as its source the book [http://www.avotaynu.com/books/DJSRE2.htmA Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire] by Alexander Beider (1993)
The surname may refer to:
- Valery Belenky, Soviet Azerbaijani/German artistic gymnast
- Abram Belenky, Soviet secret service (Cheka/GPU/NKVD) leader
- Dina Belenkaya, Russian chess player
- Maya Belenkaya, Soviet figure skater