Valerij is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Valerij Popov, Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1999. Popov won the championship *

Valerij Zhuravliov Valerij Ivanovich Zhuravliov (, ; December 11, 1938 – July 18, 2021) was a Soviet/Latvian chess master who has won the Latvian Chess Championship three times. He held the FIDE title of International Master (IM). Chess career Valerij Zhuravliov ...

, Soviet/Latvian chess master * Valerij Verhušin, Macedonian wrestler

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