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Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
of Greek origin and corresponds to '' Basil''. It may refer to: * Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *
Vasili II of Moscow Vasily Vasiliyevich (russian: Василий Π’Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡; 10 March 141527 March 1462), also known as Vasily II the Blind (Василий II Π’Ρ‘ΠΌΠ½Ρ‹ΠΉ), was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425–1462) was plagued by the ...
Grand Prince from 1425–1462 * Vasili III of Russia Tsar from 1505–1533 * Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610 *
Basil Fool for Christ Basil the Blessed (known also as Basil, fool for Christ; Basil, Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool for Christ russian: Василий Π‘Π»Π°ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ, Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as ''y ...
(1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny * Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter * Vasily Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis * Vasily Boldyrev (1875–1933), Russian general * Vasily Chapayev (1887–1919), Russian Army commander * Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marschal * Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General * Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962), Stalin's son * Vasili Golovachov (born 1948), Russian science fiction author * Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist * Vasily Ignatenko (1961–1986), Soviet firefighter in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster *
Vasilii Alekseevich Iskovskikh Vasilii (or Vasily) Alekseevich Iskovskikh (Василий АлСксССвич Π˜ΡΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΈΡ…, 1 July 1939, Orenburg Oblast – 4 January 2009, Moscow) was a Russian mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry. Education and career Born ...
(1939–2009), Russian mathematician * Vasyl Ivanchuk (born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster * Wassily Kandinsky (''Vasily Kandinsky''; 1866–1944), Russian painter and art theorist. * Vasily Karatygin (1802–1880), Russian actor * Vasily Lanovoy (1934–2021), Russian actor * Vasily Livanov (born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter * Vasily Lobanov (born 1947), Russian composer and pianist * Vasyl Lomachenko (''Vasily Lomachenko''; born 1988), Ukrainian boxer * Vasily Markovich (born 1955), Belarusian politician * Vasily Nezabitovsky (1824–1883), Ukrainian jurist * Vasily Petrenko (born 1976), Russian conductor *
Vasily Podkolzin Vasily Alexandrovich Podkolzin (alternately spelled Vasili Podkolzin, russian: Василий АлСксандрович Подколзин; born 24 June 2001) is a Russian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger currently playing for ...
(born 2001), Russian ice hockey player currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks *
Vasily Seseman Vasily Seseman (several other latinizations of his name exist, lt, Vosylius Sezemanas, russian: Василий Π­ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ΅Π²ΠΈΡ‡ Π‘Π΅Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ°Π½) (11 June 1884, Vyborg β€” 23 March 1963, Vilnius) was a Russian and Lithuanian philosopher, a repr ...
(1884–1963), Russian and Lithuanian philosopher * Vasily Smyslov (1921–2010), Soviet chess player * Vasily Tsibliyev (born 1954), Russian cosmonaut * Vasily Zaytsev, Soviet sniper * Vasily Zakharov (born 1934), Soviet culture minister *
Vasily Zhdanov Vasily Ivanovich Zhdanov (russian: Василий Π˜Π²Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ‡ Π–Π΄Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²; born 12 January 1963) is a retired Soviet road cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that won the 100 km team time trial at the 1985 World Championships. He c ...
(born 1963), Soviet cyclist ;Fictional characters *Vasilii, a character from the Twilight book and film series *Vasily Borgov, a character from the novel '' The Queen's Gambit'' by Walter Tevis and in the Netflix miniseries of the same title based on the novel. *Vasily Lantsov, a character from the Grishaverse book series by Leigh Bardugo. *Vasily Pavlichenko, a character from Satoru Noda's seinen manga series, '' Golden Kamuy''


See also

* Wassily Chair, 1920s furniture, named after Wassily Kandinsky (''Vasily Kandinsky) *
Vasilyev Vasilyev, Vasiliev or Vassiliev or Vassiljev (russian: Π’Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ΅Π²), or Vasilyeva or Vasilieva (feminine; russian: link=no, Π’Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ΅Π²Π°), is a common Russian surname that is derived from the Russian given name '' Vasiliy'' (equivalent ...
, surname * Vasyl, (Ukrainian: Π’Π°ΡΠΈΠ»ΡŒ), Ukrainian masculine given name * (Belarusian: Π’Π°ΡΡ–Π»ΡŒ), Belarusian masculine given name * Vasil (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Васил, Georgian: αƒ•αƒαƒ‘αƒ˜αƒš), Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name * (Serbian Cyrillic: Васиљ), Serbian masculine given name {{given name Russian masculine given names