Vasily
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Vasili or Vasily is an East Slavic or Greek given name that corresponds to Basil.
The following persons are known under the name Vasili or Vasily:
- Russian rulers:
- Vasili I of Russia Grand Prince from 1389-1425
- Vasili II of Russia 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 (Vasily Blazhenny)
- Vasily Chapayev, military commander during the Russian Civil War.
- Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev Russian sniper during the Battle of Stalingrad
- Wassily Kandinsky Russian artist
- Vasily Sopromadze one of the greatest property developers in Russia
- Vasili Golovachov, Russian science fiction and fantasy writer