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 Васильевич; 10 March 141527 March 1462), also known as Vasily II the Blind (Василий II Тёмный), 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 Блаженный, 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 Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev (russian: Василий Иванович Алексеев; 7 January 1942 – 25 November 2011) was a Soviet weightlifter. He set 80 world-records and 81 Soviet records in weightlifting and won Olympic gold medals at ...

(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 Алексеевич Исковских, 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 (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 Эмильевич Сеземан) (11 June 1884, Vyborg — 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 Иванович Жданов; 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''

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