Poleshchuk (surname)
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Poleshchuk or Poleschuk is a Russian-language toponymic surname associated with the area of Polissya and the Polishchuks people who live in the area.
The Ukrainian equivalent is Polishchuk, Belarusian: Palyashchuk, Polish: Poliszczuk, Belarusian in Polish transcription: Palaszczuk.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Anton Poleschuk
- Aleksandr Poleshchuk
- Daniel Poleshchuk (1938–1986) was a senior Russian spy and double agent
- Leonid Poleshchuk
