Vasiliy

Vasili or Vasily (Russian: Васи́лий) is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin and corresponds to Basil. It may refer to:
Given name:
Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
Vasili II of Moscow 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 (1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny
Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter
Vasili Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Navy officer
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
Vasyl Ivanchuk (born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
Wassily Kandinsky, (1866–1944), Russian painter and art theorist.
Vasily Karatygin (1802–1880), Russian actor
Vasily Livanov (born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter
Vasily Lobanov (born 1947), Russian composer and pianist
Vasily Nezabitovsky (1824–1883), Ukrainian jurist
Vasily Petrenko (born 1976), Russian conductor
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 Zhdanov (born 1963), Soviet cyclist
Other:
Vasili, a village in Cyprus
Wassily Chair, 1920s furniture, named after Wassily Kandinsky
The surname Vasilyev (Russian: Васи́льев) is derived from the name. The surname Vasin (Russian: Ва́син) is derived from Vasya, a short form of the name.

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Russian form of basil: king, royal.

Vassily, Vasily, Wassily

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Vasiliy Kulik	1956	Russian serial killer
2	Vasiliy Ulrikh	1889	Soviet jurist
3	Vasiliy Grabin	1899	Soviet artillery designer
4	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	1967	Belarusian discus thrower
5	Vasiliy Averin	1884	Russian politician
6	Vasiliy Khmelevskiy	1948	Soviet hammer thrower
7	Vasiliy Sidorenko	1961	Athletics competitor
8	Vasiliy Danilov	1941	Russian footballer
9	Vasiliy Bubka	1960	Ukrainian pole vaulter
10	Vasiliy Sokov	1968	Athletics competitor
11	Vasiliy Podshibyakin	1928	Russian geologist
12	Vasiliy Grishchenkov	1958	Soviet triple jumper
13	Vasiliy Shandybin	1941	Russian politician
14	Vasiliy Kharlamov	1986	Russian decathlete
15	Vasiliy Kirdyapa		Russian noble
16	Vasiliy Buturlin
17	Vasiliy Silenkov	1959	Russian canoeist
18	Vasiliy Yershov	1949	Olympic athlete
19	Vasiliy Myazin	1936	Russian painter
20	Vasiliy Pokotilo	1856	Russian governor general
21	Vasiliy Mailov	1976	Russian canoeist
22	Vasiliy Sad	1948	Ukrainian painter
23	Vasiliy Gorshkov	1977	Russian pole vaulter
24	Vasiliy Stepanov		Russian canoeist
25	Vasiliy Kalyagin		Russian canoeist
26	Vasiliy Kurilov
27	Vasiliy Semionovitch Lubkov
28	Vasiliy Kononov	1971	Kyrgyz association football player
29	Vasily Ivanovich Petrov	1917	Marshal of the Soviet Union
30	Vasiliy Khripin	1893