Vasiliy in the context of Vasily Alekseyev

⭐ Core Definition: Vasiliy

Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek 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 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'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
Vasyl Ivanchuk (born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
Wassily Kandinsky (Vasily Kandinsky; 1866–1944), Russian painter and art theorist.
Vasily Karatygin (1802–1880), Russian actor
Vasily Lanovoy (1934–2021), Russian actor
Vasily Livanov (born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter
Vasily Lobanov (born 1947), Russian composer and pianist
Vasyl Lomachenko (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 Vancouver Canucks
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

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Vasiliy in the context of Basil (name)

The name Basil (royal, kingly) comes from the male Greek name Vassilios (Greek: Βασίλειος, female version Bασιλεία), which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" (Greek: βασιλεύς), a Greek word of pre-Hellenic origin, meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk (via Latin) as well as the eponymous herb basil (via Old French) derive, and the name of the Italian region Basilicata, which had been long under the rule of the Byzantine Emperor (also called basileus).

Derived names in different languages include Barsegh in Armenian; Basile in French; Basilius in German; Basilio in Italian and Spanish; Basílio in Portuguese; Basileo in Galician; Vasyl in Ukraine; Vasile in Romanian; Vasil in Bulgarian; Vasilije in Serbian; Vasiliy in Russian; Bazil, Bazsó, Vászoly and Vazul in Hungarian.

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