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Vasili I of Moscow Vasily I Dmitriyevich ( rus, Василий I Дмитриевич, Vasiliy I Dmitriyevich; 30 December 137127 February 1425) was the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (reign, r. 1389–1425), heir of Dmitry Donskoy (r. 1359–1389) ...

Grand Prince from 1389–1425 * Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462 *

Vasili III of Russia Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name ...

Tsar from 1505–1533 *

Vasili IV of Russia Vasili IV Shuisky (russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, ''Vasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy'', c. 155212 September 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided w ...

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 Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov ( rus, Василий Александрович Архипов, p=vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf, 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Naval officer credited with preventing a ...

(1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis *

Vasily Boldyrev Vasily Georgievich Boldyrev (russian: Василий Георгиевич Болдырев; – 20 August 1933) was an Imperial Russian army commander. He was born in Samara Governorate and fought in the war against the Empire of Japan. He part ...

(1875–1933), Russian general *

Vasily Chapayev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (russian: link=no, Василий Иванович Чапаев; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasan ...

(1887–1919), Russian Army commander *

Vasily Chuikov Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (russian: link=no, Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в; ; – 18 March 1982) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is best known for commanding the 62nd Army which saw h ...

(1900–1982), Soviet marschal *

Vasily Degtyaryov Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв; 2 January 1880, Tula – 16 January 1949, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian engineer who specialized in weapons design. He was awarded the title ...

(1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General *

Vasily Dzhugashvili Vasily Iosifovich Stalin ( ka, ვასილი იოსების სტალინი, russian: Василий Иосифович Сталин; surname since 9 January 1962 Dzhugashvili, , ; 24 March 1921 – 19 March 1962) was the son ...

(1921–1962), Stalin's son *

Vasili Golovachov Vasili Vasilievich Golovachov (russian: Василий Васильевич Головачёв; born June 21, 1948, Russia) is a modern Russian science fiction writer, known in Russian-speaking countries for writing both hard science fiction and sc ...

(born 1948), Russian science fiction author *

Vasily Grossman Vasily Semyonovich Grossman (russian: Васи́лий Семёнович Гро́ссман; 12 December (29 November, Julian calendar) 1905 – 14 September 1964) was a Soviet writer and journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, then pa ...

(1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist *

Vasily Ignatenko Vasily Ivanovich Ignatenko ( uk, Василь Іванович Ігнатенко; be, Васіль Іванавіч Ігнаценка; russian: Василий Иванович Игнатенко; 13 March 1961 – 13 May 1986) was a Soviet Un ...

(1961–1986), Soviet firefighter in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster * Vasilii Alekseevich Iskovskikh (1939–2009), Russian mathematician *

Vasyl Ivanchuk Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk ( uk, Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969), also transliterated as Vassily Ivanchuk, is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster, Grandmaster ...

(born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster *

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...

(''Vasily Kandinsky''; 1866–1944), Russian painter and art theorist. *

Vasily Karatygin Vasily Andreevich Karatygin (russian: Василий Андреевич Каратыгин) (–-) was a leading actor of Russian Romanticism. Karatygin joined the Bolshoi Theatre in St Petersburg in 1820 and moved to the Alexandrine Theatre in ...

(1802–1880), Russian actor *

Vasily Lanovoy Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (russian: Василий Семёнович Лановой; (16 January 1934 – 28 January 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Russian actor who worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the Preside ...

(1934–2021), Russian actor *

Vasily Livanov Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock H ...

(born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter *

Vasily Lobanov Vasily Pavlovich Lobanov also Vassily Lobanov (Васи́лий Па́влович Лоба́нов, born 2 January 1947) is a Russian composer and pianist. He has been a Duo-Partner of Sviatoslav Richter Biography Vasily Lobanov was born in Mos ...

(born 1947), Russian composer and pianist *

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes fr ...

(''Vasily Lomachenko''; born 1988), Ukrainian boxer *

Vasily Markovich Vasily Markovich is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. He was born on 13 October 1955 in Belarus, Brest Region, Kažan-Haradok. Career After graduating from the Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University in 1981, from 1981 to 1991 ...

(born 1955), Belarusian politician *

Vasily Nezabitovsky Vasily Andreyevich Nezabitovsky (russian: Василий Андреевич Незабитовский; uk, Василь Андрійович Незабітовський; 1824 — 1883) was a jurist, born in Radomyshl in the Kiev Governorate of ...

(1824–1883), Ukrainian jurist *

Vasily Petrenko Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko (russian: Васи́лий Эдуа́рдович Петре́нко; born 7 July 1976) is a Russian-British conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra, music director of the Roy ...

(born 1976), Russian conductor *

Vasily Podkolzin Vasily Alexandrovich Podkolzin (alternately spelled Vasili Podkolzin, russian: Василий Александрович 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

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* Vasily Seseman (1884–1963), Russian and Lithuanian philosopher *

Vasily Smyslov Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov ( rus, Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в, Vasíliy Vasíl'yevich Smyslóv; 24 March 1921 – 27 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, who was World Chess Champion from 1957 to ...

(1921–2010), Soviet chess player *

Vasily Tsibliyev Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev (russian: Василий Василиевич Циблиев); born on February 20, 1954) is retired Russian cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Life He was selected as a cosmona ...

(born 1954), Russian cosmonaut * Vasily Zaytsev, Soviet sniper *

Vasily Zakharov Vasily Zakharov (; born 1934) is a Soviet and Russian economist who served as the Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union), minister of culture between 1986 and 1989 in the Soviet Union. He was a member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of th ...

(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

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. *Vasily Pavlichenko, a character from Satoru Noda's seinen manga series, ''

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