title: Semashko
text: # Semashko
  
  Semashko is an East Slavic surname originated from a diminutive for the given name Semyon (Simeon). The Belarusian-language spelling is Syamashka.
  
  Spelled in Polish as Siemaszko, it was a surname of nobility in Poland (Siemaszko of Łabędź coat of arms, officially recorded in Volyn Governorate)
  
  Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Dominik Semashko (1878-1932), Belarusian activist
  * Nikolai Semashko (medicine)
  * Nikolai Semashko (basketball)
  * Yosyf Semashko (1798-1868), bishop in the Uniate and Orthodox churches
  