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Yury Pronunciation Belarusian: [ˈju.rɨ] Russian: [ˈjʉrʲɪj] Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ij] Gender masculine Language(s) Slavic Word/name Georgios Alternative spelling Yuri, Youri, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii, Iouri, Juri , Jurij Variant form(s) Georgy , Yegor
Jury , Jurij , Iurii , Iouri , Yury , Yuri , Youri , Yurii , Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic (Belarusian : Юры , romanized : Jury Bulgarian : Юрий , romanized : Jurij Ukrainian : Юрій , romanized : Yurii Russian : Юрий , romanized : Yuriy George ; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy , Czech Jiří , and Slovak and Croatian Juraj , akin to Spanish and Portuguese Jorge , and German Jürgen , and assimilated in modern forms such as German and Italian Juri , Portuguese Iury , and Dutch Joeri .
The Slavic form of the name originates with Yuri Dolgoruky , Grand Prince of Kiev (c. 1099–1157), in early accounts recorded as Gyurgi, Dyurgi .[citation needed
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Yuri Andropov (1914–1984), Chairman of the KGB and leader of the Soviet UnionYuri Antonov (born 1945), Russian composer, singer, and musicianYuri Berchiche (born 1990), Spanish footballerYuri Bezmenov (1939–1993), Soviet journalist and eventual anti-communist who defected to CanadaYuri Gagarin (1934–1968), Soviet cosmonaut and the first human in spaceYury Gelman (born 1955), Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coachYurii Kerpatenko (1976–2022), Ukrainian conductorYuri Irsenovich Kim, birth name of Kim Jong-il (1941 or 1942–2011), Supreme Leader of North Korea Yuri Korolev (ice hockey) (born 1934), Soviet/Russian ice hockey administratorYuri Korolyov , (born 1962) Russian gymnastYuriy Kozhanov (born 1990), Kazakh basketball playerYuri Lowenthal (born 1971), American actor, producer and screenwriter best known for his voice-over workYury Luzhkov (1936–2019), Russian politicianYuri Lyapkin (born 1945), Russian ice hockey playerYuriy Mushketyk (1929–2019), Ukrainian writer and journalistYuri Nikulin (1921–1997), Soviet/Russian actor and clownYuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist for whom Element 118 was namedYury Prilukov (born 1984), Russian swimmerYuriy Prylypko (1960-2022) Ukrainian politician and mayor of Hostomel . Killed by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine[1] Yury Rudov (1931–2013), Soviet fencerYuriy Rybchynskyi (born 1945), Ukrianian poet and playwrightYuri Shatunov (1973–2022), Russian singerYuri Shchekochikhin (1950–2003), Russian investigative journalist, writer and liberal politicianYuri Schwebler (1942–1990), Yugoslavia-born American conceptual artist and sculptorYuri Shevchuk (born 1957), Soviet/Russian rock musician, singer and songwriterYuri Shymko (born 1940), Canadian politicianYuriy Trubetskoy (c. 1643–1679), Ruthenian princeYuri Tsaler (born 1973), Russian musician playing on lead guitar in the band Mumiy Troll Yury Usachov (born 1957), Russian retired cosmonautYuri Vizbor (1934–1984), Soviet bard, poet and actorYuri Zhirkov (born 1983), Russian footballerSee also References Name list
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