Vasily

Vasili or Vasily (Russian: Васи́лий) is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin and corresponds to Basil. It may refer to:

Surname:

• Laert Vasili (born 1974), Albanian actor
• Petrit Vasili, Albanian politician

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 Chuikov (1900-1982), Soviet marschal
• Vasily Seseman (1884-1963), Russian and Lithuanian philosopher
• Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), Soviet chess player
• Vasily Zaytsev, Soviet sniper
• Wassily Kandinsky, (1866-1944), Russian painter and art theorist.

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.