Bely (surname)

Bely (Russian: Бе́лый; masculine) or Belaya (Бе́лая; feminine) is a Russian last name meaning "white". It is shared by the following people:

  • Aleksey Bely (born 1961), Ukrainian politician
  • Andrei Bely (1880–1934), pseudonym of Boris Bugayev, a Russian novelist, poet, and literary critic
  • Mikhail Bely, Russian diplomat, Russian ambassador to Japan
  • Viktor Bely (1904–1983), Russian composer and social activist