Vasily

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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Variant transcription of vasiliy: king, royal.

Vasiliy, Wassily, Vassily

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Vasily Zaytsev	1915	Soviet sniper
2	Vasily Dzhugashvili	1920	Soviet general
3	Vasily Chuikov	1900	Soviet military commander
4	Vasili Blokhin	1895	NKVD officer and executioner
5	Vasily Alekseyev	1942	Weightlifter
6	Vasily Grossman	1905	Soviet writer and journalist who originally trained as an engineer
7	Vasily Smyslov	1921	Chess grandmaster
8	Vasily Vereshchagin	1842	War artist
9	Vasily Surikov	1848	Russian artist
10	Vasily Blyukher	1889	Soviet military commander
11	Vasily Zhukovsky	1783	Russian poet
12	Vasily Petrenko	1976	Russian conductor
13	Vasily Aksyonov	1932	Soviet writer
14	Vasily Livanov	1935	Russian actor and film director
15	Vasily Perov	1833	Russian painter
16	Vasily Chapayev	1887	Red Army commander
17	Vasily II of Moscow	1415	Grand Prince of Moscow
18	Vasily Degtyaryov	1879	Russian and Soviet weapons designer
19	Vasily I of Moscow	1371	Grand Prince of Moscow
20	Vasily Sokolovsky	1897	Marshal of the Soviet Union
21	Vasily Kalinnikov	1866	Russian composer
22	Vasily Polenov	1844	Russian artist
23	Vasily Shukshin	1929	Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director
24	Vasily Tropinin	1776	Painter from Russia
25	Vasily Tatishchev	1686	Russian historian
26	Vasily Mishin	1917	Soviet engineer
27	Vasily Dokuchaev	1846	Russian soil scientist
28	Vasily Rozanov	1856	Russian philosopher
29	Vasily Aleksanyan	1971	Russian lawyer, businessman, and former Executive Vice President of Yukos oil company
30	Vasily Lanovoy	1934	Soviet and Russian actor
31	Vasily Safonov	1852	Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer
32	Vasily Abaev	1900	Ossetian Soviet linguist
33	Vasily Bartold	1869	Russian historian
34	Vasily Karasev	1971	Russian professional basketball player and coach
35	Vasily Zvyozdochkin	1876	Doll maker
36	Vasily Klyuchevsky	1841	Russian historian
37	Vasily Kafanov	1952	Russian-born, American painter and illustrator
38	Vasily Chichagov	1726	Russian admiral
39	Vasily Margelov	1908	Russian paratrooper
40	Vasily Zarubin	1894	Soviet intelligence officer
41	Vasily Starodubtsev	1931	Soviet politician
42	Vasily Golovnin	1776	Russian explorer
43	Vasily Reshetnikov	1919	Soviet pilot during World War II
44	Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov	1761	Russian physicist
45	Vasily Maklakov	1869	Russian lawyer
46	Vasily Kudinov	1969	Handball player
47	Vasily Vasilyevich Galitzine	1643	Russian prince
48	Vasily Yakovlev	1886	Bolshevik
49	Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi	1907	Russian composer
50	Vasily Tsibliyev	1954	Russian cosmonaut
51	Vasily Radlov	1837	German-born Russian turkologist and ethnographer
52	Vasily Stasov	1769	Russian architect
53	Vasily Shulgin	1878	Russian lawyer
54	Vasily Yakemenko	1971	Russian politician
55	Vassiliy Levit	1988
56	Vasily Zvyagintsev	1944	Russian writer
57	Vasily Zavoyko	1812	Imperial Russian navy admiral
58	Vasily of Kostroma	1241	Russian Grand prince
59	Vasily Artemyev	1987	Russian rugby union player
60	Vasily Kamensky	1884	Russian poet
61	Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov	1670	Russian diplomat
62	Vasily Agapkin	1884	Author, composer, conductor
63	Vasily Alexandrovich Dolgorukov	1868	Russian general
64	Vasily Trediakovsky	1703	Russian poet
65	Vasily Badanov	1895	Soviet military officer
66	Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov	1930	Russian journalist
67	Vasily Lazarev	1928	Soviet cosmonaut
68	Vasily Karazin	1773	Russian scientist
69	Vasily Belov	1932	Writer
70	Vasily Alekseevich Perovsky	1795	Russian general
71	Vasily Gurko	1864	Russian general
72	Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev	1861	Russian musician
73	Vasily Pashkevich	1742	Russian composer
74	Vasily Golubev	1925	Russian artist
75	Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov	1667	Russian general
76	Vasily Kazakov	1898	Soviet general
77	Vasiliy Koshechkin	1983	Russian professional ice hockey player
78	Vasily Titov	1650	Russian composer
79	Vasily Kosoy	1421	Grand Prince of Moscow
80	Vasily Pushkin	1766	Russian poet
81	Vasily Botkin	1812	Russian critic and publicist
82	Vasily Orlov-Denisov	1775	Russian general
83	Vasily Lebedev-Kumach	1898	Russian poet and lyricist
84	Vasili Bazhenov	1737	Russian neoclassical architect
85	Vasily Vakhrushev	1902	Prime Minister of Russia
86	Vasily Biskupsky	1878	Russian general
87	Vasily Yan	1875	Russian writer
88	Vasily Zhitarev	1891	Russian footballer
89	Vasily Potto	1836	Russian military historian (1836-1911)
90	Vasily Lobanov	1947	Russian musician
91	Vasilii Sergeevich Vladimirov	1923	Russian mathematician
92	Vasily Korzh	1899	Russian general
93	Vasily Demut-Malinovsky	1779	Russian sculptor
94	Vasily Panov	1906	Russian chess player
95	Vasily Mosin	1972	Russian sport shooter
96	Vasily Sharangovich	1897	Belarusian politician
97	Vasily Astratov		Russian physicist
98	Vasily Vasilievich Struve	1889	Russian orientalist
99	Vasily Strelnikov	1962	Russian broadcaster
100	Vasily Sokolov	1912	Footballer and manager
101	Vasily Anisimoff	1878	Russian writer and philosopher
102	Vasily Molokov	1895	Russian general
103	Vasily Garbuzov	1911	Soviet politician
104	Vasily Davydov	1930	Russian psychologist
105	Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov	1804	Russian statesman and military officer
106	Vasily Bochkaryov	1949	Russian politician
107	Vasily Kachalov	1875	Russian and Soviet actor
108	Vasily Sitnikov	1915	Russian artist
109	Vasily Shish	1982	Belarusian kickboxer
110	Vasily Banykin	1888
111	Vasily Yefanov	1900	Russian artist
112	Vasily Volsky	1897	World War II General
113	Vasily Tikhomirov	1876	Russian ballet dancer
114	Vasily Yuryevich Golubev	1957	Russian politician
115	Vasily Kharlamov	1875	Russian politician
116	Vasily Kosyakov	1862	Architect
117	Vasily Utkin	1972	Russian journalist
118	Vasily Goncharov	1861	Film director, Screenwriter
119	Vasily Nalimov	1910	Russian mathematician
120	Vasily Kapnist	1758	Russian noble and poet
121	Vasily Vasilyev	1818	Russian sinologist
122	Vasily Seseman	1884	Russian and Lithuanian philosopher and teacher
123	Vasily Vasilievsky	1838	Russian byzaninist
124	Vasili Glagolev	1896	Russian military personnel (1896-1947)
125	Vasily Tarasyuk	1948	Russian politician
126	Vasily Borisov	1922	Sport shooter
127	Vasily Danilewsky	1852	Russian physiologist
128	Vasily Shumov	1960	Russian musician
129	Vasily Sleptsov	1836	Russian writer and social reformer
130	Vasily Rudenkov	1931	Athletics competitor
131	Vasily Nebenzya	1962	Russian diplomat
132	Vasily Ilyin	1949	Handball player
133	Vasily Petrovich Orlov	1745	Russian general
134	Vasily Zolotarev	1873	Russian composer and music teacher
135	Vasily Fesenkov	1889	Russian astronomer
136	Vasily Filippov	1981	Handballer
137	Vasily Butusov	1892	Russian footballer
138	Vassili Dolgorouki	1722	Russian general
139	Vasily Sadovnikov	1800	Russian artist
140	Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko	1845	Russian writer, essayist, journalist, memoirist
141	Vasily Karatygin	1802	Russian actor
142	Vasily Osipovich Smyslov	1881	Russian chess player
143	Vasily Berkov	1794	Director Admiralty-Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, Russia, Counter-Admiral, shipbuilder, linguist
144	Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin	1835	Russian painter (1835-1909)
145	Vasily Narezhny	1780	Russian writer
146	Vasily Vlasov	1995
147	Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev	1980	Cross-country skier
148	Vasily Helmersen	1873	Russian artist
149	Vasily Ivanov	1972	Olympic swimmer
150	Vasily Shatilov	1902	Soviet general
151	Vasily Barkhatov		Russian classical composer
152	Vasily Ivanovich Andrianov	1920	Soviet aviator
153	Vasily Shcherbakov	1969	Russian musician
154	Vasily Buzunov	1928	Russian footballer
155	Vasily Pavlovich Rochev	1951	Cross-country skier
156	Vasily Velichko	1860	Russian journalist
157	Vasily Kalafati	1869	Russian composer and pedagogue
158	Vasily Andrianov	1902	Soviet politician (1902-1978)
159	Vasily Sergeevich Nemchinov	1894	Russian Economist
160	Vasily Pronin	1905	Soviet politician
161	Vasily Alexeyevich Kar	1730	General
162	Vasily Baumgarten	1879	Russian architect (1879-1962)
163	Vasily Tolstikov	1917	Soviet Ambassador
164	Vasily Kuptsov	1899	Russian artist
165	Vasily Engelhardt	1828	Russian astronomer
166	Vasily Novikov	1929	Sports shooter
167	Vasily Tikhonov	1960	Soviet rower
168	Vasily Osipov	1917	Soviet aviator
169	Vasily Papin	1988	Chess grandmaster
170	Vasily Shebuyev	1777	Russian painter
171	Vasily Kholmsky
172	Vasily Kolotov	1944	Russian weightlifter
173	Vasily Mate	1856	Russian artist
174	Vasily Sopromadze	1963	Russian businessman
175	Vasily Afonin	1919	Pilot
176	Vasily Azhayev	1915	Soviet writer
177	Vasily Smirnov	1858	Russian painter
178	Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev	1622	Russian military commander
179	Vasily Vorontsov	1847	Russian academic
180	Vasily Schmidt	1886	Soviet politician
181	Vasily Kozlov	1887	Russian sculptor
182	Vasily Petrov	1875	Russian singer
183	Vasily Fyodorovich Trutovsky	1740	Russian composer
184	Vasily Zhdanov	1963	Russian cyclist
185	Vasily Dolgolyov	1951	Belarusian diplomat
186	Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov	1908	Russian footballer
187	Vasily Kenel	1834	Russian architect
188	Vasily Khudiakov	1826	Russian history, portrait and genre painter
189	Vasily Kurochkin	1831	Russian poet
190	Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev	1881	Soviet sinologist
191	Vasily Kravkov	1859
192	Vasily Frolov	1926	Sports shooter
193	Vasily Aleksandrovich Zaitsev	1911	Soviet aviator
194	Vasily Bessel	1843	Russian editor
195	Vasily Avseenko	1842	Russian critic and novelist
196	Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn	1975	Olympic alpine skier
197	Vasily Tchernetzov	1890	Russian revolutionary
198	Vasili Demchenko	1994	Russian ice hockey player
199	Vasily Romanenkov	1953	Russian artist, painter and draughtsperson
200	Vasily Likhachyov	1952	Russian politician and diplomat