Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine

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origin and corresponds to '' Basil''. It may refer to: * Vasily I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 * Vasily II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462 *

Vasili III of Russia Vasili III Ivanovich (; 25 March 14793 December 1533) was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533. He was the son of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil (). Following on t ...

Grand Prince from 1505–1533 * Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610 * Basil Fool for Christ (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 (1887–1969), Russian Army commander * Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marshal * Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General * Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962),

Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

'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 (1939–2009), Russian mathematician * Vasily Kuznetsov (1901–1990), Soviet politician, acted three times as head of state of

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

Vasyl Ivanchuk Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk (; born March 18, 1969) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster, Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on t ...

(born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster *

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky ( – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstract art, abstraction in western art. Born in Moscow, he spent his childhood in ...

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

Vasily Karatygin Vasily Andreevich Karatygin () (–-) was a leading actor of Russian Romanticism. Karatygin joined the Bolshoi Theatre in St Petersburg in 1820 and moved to the Alexandrine Theatre in 1832. He particularly excelled in the numerous productions of ...

(1802–1880), Russian actor *

Vasily Lanovoy Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (16 January 193428 January 2021) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian actor who worked in the Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the President of Artek (camp), Artek Festiv ...

(1934–2021), Russian actor *

Vasily Livanov Vasily Borisovich Livanov (; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV series. He was named People's Artist of ...

(born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter *

Vasily Lobanov Vasily Pavlovich 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 Pavlovich Lobanov was born in Moscow. He ...

(born 1947), Russian composer and pianist *

Vasyl Lomachenko Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko; , ; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2013 and 2024. He has held multiple world championships in three weight class ...

(''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

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* Vasily Seseman (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 (1934–2023), Soviet culture minister * Vasily Zhdanov (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 Petrovych Goloborodko, protagonist of the TV series ''Servant of the People'' *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''

Fictional characters

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