# Anatoly

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Not to be confused with [Anatolia](/source/Anatolia).

**Anatoly** (Russian: Анато́лий,[1] Ukrainian: Анато́лій) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine [given name](/source/Given_name), derived from the Greek name *[Anatolios](/source/Anatolios)* (Ἀνατόλιος), meaning "he of the sunrise", from ἀνατολή anatolē, "sunrise".[2]

Anatoly was one of the five most popular names for baby boys born in [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg), Russia, in 2004.[3]

## People

- [Anatoly](/source/Vladimir_Shmondenko_(weightlifter)) (born 1999), Ukrainian weightlifter
- [Anatoli Agrofenin](/source/Anatoli_Agrofenin) (born 1980), Russian footballer
- [Anatolii Brezvin](/source/Anatolii_Brezvin) (born 1956), Ukrainian businessman, politician, and ice hockey executive
- [Anatoly Ivanovich Akishin](/source/Anatoly_Akishin) (born 1926), Soviet-Russian scientist
- [Anatoli Aslamov](/source/Anatoli_Aslamov) (born 1953), Russian football coach
- [Anatoli Balaluyev](/source/Anatoli_Balaluyev) (born 1976), Russian footballer
- [Anatoly Balchev](/source/Anatoly_Balchev) (born 1946), Russian composer and actor
- [Anatoli Bashashkin](/source/Anatoli_Bashashkin) (1924–2002), Russian footballer
- [Anatoli Blagonravov](/source/Anatoli_Blagonravov) (1895–1975), Russian physicist
- [Anatoli Bogdanov](/source/Anatoli_Bogdanov_(footballer)) (born 1981), Russian footballer
- [Anatoli Boisa](/source/Anatoli_Boisa) (born 1983), Georgian basketball player
- [Anatoli Boukreev](/source/Anatoli_Boukreev) (1958–1997), Russian climber
- [Anatoli Bugorski](/source/Anatoli_Bugorski) (born 1942), Russian scientist
- [Anatoli Bulakov](/source/Anatoli_Bulakov) (1930–1994), Soviet boxer
- [Anatoly Bulgakov](/source/Anatoly_Bulgakov_(footballer,_born_1979)), Russian footballer
- [Anatoly Chepiga](/source/Anatoly_Chepiga) (born 1979), Russian intelligence officer
- [Anatoly Chubais](/source/Anatoly_Chubais) (born 1955), Russian politician
- [Anatoli Davydov](/source/Anatoli_Davydov) (born 1953), Russian football coach
- [Anatoly Demitkov](/source/Anatoly_Demitkov) (1926–2005), Soviet canoeist
- [Anatoly Dobrynin](/source/Anatoly_Dobrynin) (1919–2010), Russian politician
- [Anatoli Droga](/source/Anatoli_Droga) (born 1969), Ukrainian judoka
- [Anatoly Dyatlov](/source/Anatoly_Dyatlov) (1931–1995), Russian nuclear engineer
- [Anatoli Fedotov](/source/Anatoli_Fedotov) (born 1966), Soviet ice hockey player
- [Anatoli Fedyukin](/source/Anatoli_Fedyukin) (1952–2020), Russian handball player
- [Anatoly Filipchenko](/source/Anatoly_Filipchenko) (1928–2022), Soviet cosmonaut
- [Anatoli Firsov](/source/Anatoli_Firsov) (1941–2000), Russian ice hockey player
- [Anatoly Fomenko](/source/Anatoly_Fomenko) (born 1945), Russian mathematician
- [Anatoli Aleksandrovich Grishin](/source/Anatoli_Aleksandrovich_Grishin) (born 1986), Russian footballer
- [Anatolii Horelik](/source/Anatolii_Horelik) (1890–1956), Ukrainian activist
- [Anatoli Ivanishin](/source/Anatoli_Ivanishin) (born 1969), Russian cosmonaut
- [Anatoly Kaigorodov](/source/Anatoly_Kaigorodov) (1878–1945), Russian painter
- [Anatoly Karatsuba](/source/Anatoly_Karatsuba) (1937–2008), Russian mathematician
- [Anatoly Karpov](/source/Anatoly_Karpov) (born 1951), Russian chess grandmaster (World Champion)
- [Anatoly Khrupov](/source/Anatoly_Khrupov), Soviet photographer
- [Anatoly Kononenko](/source/Anatoly_Kononenko) (1935–2010), Soviet sprint canoer
- [Anatoly Kuzovnikov](/source/Anatoly_Kuzovnikov) (1922–2004), Soviet-Russian physicist
- [Anatoly Lobotsky](/source/Anatoly_Lobotsky) (1959–2025), Soviet and Russian actor
- [Anatoly Lyadov](/source/Anatoly_Lyadov) (1855–1914), Russian composer
- [Anatoly Moskvin](/source/Anatoly_Moskvin) (born 1966), Russian former linguist, philologist, and historian
- [Anatoli Nankov](/source/Anatoli_Nankov) (born 1969), Bulgarian footballer and a coach
- [Anatoly Onoprienko](/source/Anatoly_Onoprienko) (1959–2013), prolific Ukrainian serial killer and mass murderer
- [Anatoly Papanov](/source/Anatoly_Papanov) (1922–1987), Soviet actor
- [Anatoly Puzach](/source/Anatoly_Puzach) (1941–2006), Soviet-Ukrainian former footballer and coach
- [Anatoly Rasskazov](/source/Anatoly_Rasskazov) (1960–2010), Russian photographer and artist
- [Anatoly Romanchuk](/source/Anatoly_Romanchuk) (1944–2023), Soviet-Ukrainian politician
- [Anatoly Samoilenko](/source/Anatoly_Samoilenko) (1938–2020), Russian mathematician
- [Anatoly Shariy](/source/Anatoly_Shariy) (born 1978), Ukrainian investigative journalist
- [Anatoly Slivko](/source/Anatoly_Slivko) (1938–1989), Soviet serial killer
- [Anatoly Sobchak](/source/Anatoly_Sobchak) (1937–2000), Russian politician
- [Anatoly Solonitsyn](/source/Anatoly_Solonitsyn) (1934–1982), Russian actor
- [Anatoly Stessel](/source/Anatoly_Stessel) (1848–1915), Russian military leader
- [Anatoli Tarasov](/source/Anatoli_Tarasov) (1918–1995), Russian ice hockey player and coach
- [Anatoliy Tomkiv](/source/Anatoliy_Tomkiv) (1954–2025), Ukrainian journalist
- [Anatoly Treskin](/source/Anatoly_Treskin) (1905–1986), Soviet art restorer and artist
- [Anatoliy Tymoschuk](/source/Anatoliy_Tymoschuk) (born 1979), Ukrainian footballer
- [Anatoly Vaneyev](/source/Anatoly_Vaneyev) (1872–1899), Russian revolutionary
- [Anatoly Vishevsky](/source/Anatoly_Vishevsky) (born 1954), American scholar of Russian literature
- [Anatoly Lavrentievich Vysotsky](/source/Anatoly_Lavrentievich_Vysotsky) (1924–1996), Soviet-Ukrainian artist
- [Anatoly Zimon](/source/Anatoly_Zimon) (1924–2015), Russian professor

## Fictional

- [Anatoli Knyazev](/source/Anatoli_Knyazev) (also known as KGBeast), a fictional character appearing in [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics)
- Anatoli (Anatole) Kuragin, a character in Leo Tolstoy's *War and Peace*
- Anatoly Sergievsky, from the musical [*Chess*](/source/Chess_(musical))
- Anatoly Novoseltsev, a main character in the 1977 Russian film '[Office Romance](/source/Office_Romance)' and the later 2011 remake '[Office Romance. Our Time](/source/Office_Romance._Our_Time)' where he was played by [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](/source/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy), the now president of Ukraine.

## See also

- [Anastasia](/source/Anastasia)

## References

1. [Behind the Name](http://www.behindthename.com/name/anatoly)

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1. St. Petersburg (Russia) Times.[More Babies Born Last Year, But Birthrate Low](http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=12281) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140416195028/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=12281) 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on February 16, 2008.

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