Krupski

Krupski (Belarusian: Крупскі, Polish: Krupski, Russian: Крупский, Ukrainian: Крупський, Lithuanian: Krupskis) - Belorussian is a noble (szlachta) family from Eastern Europe and a common surname in modern Poland.

According to Latin and Polish texts, the original name was "de Krupe". A modern form of the surname appears in 15th-century Polish texts, and in 1534 a Latin text contains the name "Crupsky". In 1550, a Valery Crupski completed his studies at Cracow University.). In 19th-century Belarusian and Russian texts, the name appears as Крупскій (Крупскі) or Крупский. Surnames in the Russian Empire became standardized after the abolition of serfdom in 1861.

Polish Roman Catholic bishop Jan Długosz (1415–1480), in his description of the Korczak coat of arms, identified Krupski with Korczak and the family's ethnic group as the Rusyns. The first known Krupski was diplomat and military commander Jerzy Krupski (1472–1548), who owned estates in Red Ruthenia (present-day Chełm and Krasnystaw Counties of Lublin Voivodeship) and built a fort in 1492.

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