Vasily Dmitriyevich Smirnov

For other people of the same name, see Vasily Smirnov.

Vasily Dmitriyevich Smirnov (Russian: Васи́лий Дми́триевич Смирно́в; born July 28 O.S./August 9 N.S., 1846 in Biryuchya Kosa, Astrakhan Governorate; died May 25, 1922 in Petrograd) was a Russian orientalist, specializing in the history and literature of Turkey.

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