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]

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Yury Vasilyev
Born	Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev (1939-10-12)12 October 1939 Moscow, USSR
Died	4 June 1999(1999-06-04) (aged 59) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet Russian
Occupation	actor
Years active	1960–1999
Spouse	Nelly Korniyenko
Awards	People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)[1]

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• Washington's Story (1960) as Buddy Brooks
• The Journalist (1967) as Yuri Aliabiev
• Die Fledermaus (1979) as Prince Orlovsky
• Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) as Rodion Rachkov
• We Are from Jazz (1983) as jazz band leader
• Valentin and Valentina (1985) as Slava