Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to Basil. It may refer to: 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 Vasily Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Naval officer in the Cuban Missile Crisis Vasily Boldyrev (1875–1933), Russian general 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 Vasily Ignatenko (1961–1986), Soviet firefighter in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster Vasilii Alekseevich Iskovskikh (1939–2009), Russian mathematician 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 (born 1934), Soviet culture minister Vasily Zhdanov (born 1963), Soviet cyclist Fictional characters Vasilii, a character from the Twilight book and film series Vasily Borgov, a character from the novel The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis and in the Netflix miniseries of the same title based on the novel Vasily Petrovych Goloborodko, protagonist of the TV series Servant of the People Vasily Lantsov, a character from the Grishaverse book series by Leigh Bardugo Vasily Pavlichenko, a character from Satoru Noda's seinen manga series, Golden Kamuy See also Wassily Chair, 1920s furniture, named after Wassily Kandinsky (''Vasily Kandinsky) Vasilyev, surname Vasyl, (Ukrainian: Василь), Ukrainian masculine given name (Belarusian: Васіль), Belarusian masculine given name Vasil (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Васил, Georgian: ვასილ), Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name (Serbian Cyrillic: Васиљ), Serbian masculine given name Vasilisa (name), the feminine form of the name Russian masculine given names