(Russian: ????´??? ??; 23 December 1874 (4 January 1875), Kiev, Russian Empire – August 5, 1954, Zvenigorod, Moscow Oblast) was a Russian writer, author of famous historic novels.
Also spelled "Vassily Yan" (or "Ian") or just "V.
Yan", this is the pen name of Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky (????´??? ?????´?????? ??????´????).