| Yury Vasilyev | |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, USSR |
| Birth Name: | Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Spouse: | Nelly Korniyenko |
| Years Active: | 1960–1999 |
| Occupation: | actor |
| Awards: | People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)[1] |
| Nationality: | Soviet Russian |
Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Васи́льев; October 12, 1939 — June 4, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He is best known for film roles in The Journalist (1967) and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980).[2] He was considered a sex symbol of Soviet cinema.[3] [4] [5]