2) Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich, (vse´lye vsel´ yvich vyerishcha´gin) (KEY) , 1842-1904, Russian painter, soldier, and traveler. He is best known for his military...

3) Tredyakovsky, Vasily Kirilovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tredyakovsky, Vasily Kirilovich, (vse´lye kire´lvich tredykof´ske) (KEY) , 1703-69, Russian poet, translator, and scholar. Tredyakovsky rose from humble origins to...

4) Vasily III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Vasily III, (Vasily Ivanovich) (vse´lye eva´nvich) (KEY) , 1479-1533, grand duke of Moscow (1505-33). Carrying on the policies of his father, Ivan III, he rounded...

5) Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich, (vse´lye mekhi´lvich glvnyen´) (KEY) , 1776-1831, Russian explorer and writer. Sent in 1807 to make a geographical survey of Kamchatka...

6) Klyuchevsky, Vasily Osipovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Klyuchevsky, Vasily Osipovich, (vse´lye o´sipvich klyoochev´ske) (KEY) , 1841-1911, Russian historian. Interpreting history from a sociological viewpoint, he emphasized...

7) Perov, Vasily Grigoryevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Perov, Vasily Grigoryevich, (vse´lye grigor´yvich pyirof´) (KEY) , 1833-82, Russian historical, genre, and portrait painter. He was the leader of the realist school...

8) Blucher, Vasily Konstantinovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Blücher, Vasily Konstantinovich, (vsye´lye knstantye´nvich blu´khr) (KEY) , 1889-1937?, Russian general. An enlisted man in the czarist army, Blucher joined the Bolshevik...

9) Philaret, Vasily Drosdov. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Philaret, Vasily Drosdov, (both: vse´lye drsdof´ felret´) (KEY) , 1782?-1867, Russian prelate, author, and preacher. He became archbishop of Tver and a member of...

10) Narezhny, Vasily Trofimovich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Narezhny, Vasily Trofimovich, (vse´lye trfe´mvich nrezh´ne) (KEY) , 1780-1825, Russian novelist. He was an important forerunner of Gogol in his realistic descriptions...