Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (16 January 1934 – 28 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actor who worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the President of Artek Festival of Films for Children. Lanovoy's honours include the KGB Prize, the Lenin Prize, and the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 2019, he received the title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation.
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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