Vasilevsky Explained

Vasilevsky, also transliterated as Vasilievsky or Vasilyevsky, is a Russian surname (Russian: Василе́вский|link=no) or place name (Russian: Васи́льевский), derived from the given name Vasily. It may refer to:

Places

• Vasilyevsky Island, an island in Saint Petersburg in the delta of the river Neva bordered by the Gulf of Finland
• Vasilyevsky, the name of several rural localities of Russia

People

• Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895 - 1977), Soviet Red Army Marshal, Chief of the General Staff, and Defense Minister (1949 - 1953)
• Alexander Vasilevski (born 1975), Ukrainian professional ice hockey player
• Alexei Vasilevsky (born 1980), Russian figure skater
• Alexei Vasilevsky (born 1993), Russian hockey player
• Alyaksey Vasilewski (born 1993), Belarusian professional football (soccer) player
• Andrei Vasilevski (born 1966), former Russian goaltender
• Andrei Vasilevski (born 1991), Belarusian professional tennis player
• Andrei Vasilevskiy (born 1994), professional ice hockey goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning
• Daniel Vasilevski (born 1981), Australian football (soccer) player of Macedonian heritage (senior career from 1999)
• Hryhory Vasylivsky (died 1921), Ukrainian military commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
• Lev Vasilevsky (also known as Leonid A. Tarasov; 1904 - 1979), KGB Resident in Mexico City during the Manhattan Project
• Pyotr Vasilevsky (1956–2012), Belarusian football player (1973 - 1985) and manager (1989 - 1991)
• Vasily Vasilievsky (1838 - 1899), Russian historian who founded the St. Petersburg school of medieval studies
• Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (born 1988), Russian mixed martial arts fighter