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Dmitri, Dmitry or Dmitriy, sometimes also Dmitrij (Russian: Дми́трий, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj]); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (Дими́трий); ancient Russian forms: D'mitr(iy) or Dmitr (Дьмитр(ии) or Дъмитръ) is a male given name, the version of Greek Demetrius. The meaning of the name is a "devoted to", "dedicated to, or "follower of Demeter" [Dêmêtêr - Δημητηρ or Demetra], "mother-earth", the Greek goddess of agriculture).

Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: Mitya, Mityay, Mit'ka or Miten'ka (Ми́тя, Митя́й, Ми́тька, or Ми́тенька); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are: Dima, Dimka, Dimochka, Dimulya etc. (Ди́ма, Ди́мка, Ди́мочка, Диму́ля, etc.)

Dmitry is one of the most popular names in Russia. The statistics shows that for five months in the period from March 16 to August 16 in 2005 in Moscow: 1390 boys were named Alexander, 1087 Maksim, 1085 Nikita, 1070 Ivan, and 867 Dmitry.^{[citation needed]}

St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki

[edit] St. Dimitri's Day

The feast of the Saint Dimitri Solunski, martyr (St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki) is celebrated on Saturday before November 8 [Old Style October 26].

The name day (именины): October 26 (November 8 on the Gregorian Calendar) See also: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.

The Saturday before October 26/November 8 is called Demetrius Saturday and commemorates those Orthodox soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo.

[edit] Notable people named Dmitry

• Dmitri Donskoi (1350–1389), Grand Duke of Muscovy
• Dmitry of Pereslavl (1250-1294), Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal
• Dmitri of Suzdal (1324–1383), Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod
• Tsarevich Demetrius (1582-1591), the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible
  Later impostors claimed to be this son:
  • False Dmitry I (Grigory Otrepyev), appeared 1605-1606
  • False Dmitry II, appeared 1607-1610
  • False Dmitry III appeared March 28 1611 - May 18, 1612
• Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891-1941), Russian imperial dynast assassinated Rasputin
• Dmitry Pozharsky, liberator of Moscow during the Time of Troubles
• Demetri Martin, Comedian
• Dmitry Lepikov (Дмитрий Лепиков), Russian freestyle swimmer
• Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and the creator of the first periodic table of Chemical elements
• Dmitry Shostakovich, Soviet composer
• Dmitry Kholodov, Journalist of the Russian newspaper Moskovskii Komsomolets, killed as he was investigating alleged corruption among high ranks of the Russian military
• Dmitry Medvedev, third President of the Russian Federation
• Dmitry Vybornov, Russian boxer
• Dmitry Chaplin, professional dancer

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[edit] Dimitri Video Games

• The Dimitri Project a game by Lionhead Studios
• Dimitri Petrenko, a playable character in Call of Duty: World at War
• Dimitri Rascalov, an unplayable character in Grand Theft Auto 4
• Dimitri Lousteau, an antagonist in Sly 2: Band of Thieves and a playable character in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

[edit] In other languages

• Belarusian: Зьміцер, Дзьмітры (Z'mitser, Dz'mitry)
• Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitar)
• Dutch: Dimitri
• Esperanto: Zmitro, Demetrio
• Finnish: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
• French: Dimitri
• German: Demetrius
• Greek: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης (Demétrios, Dimitris)
• Hebrew: (Dmitriy) דמיטרי ‎
• Italian: Demetrio
• Macedonian: Димитар, Димитриja, Димитри
• Norwegian: Deiomitry
• Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz (imię)
• Portuguese: Demétrio
• Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
• Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij)
• Serbian: Димитрије, Dimitrije
• Slovak: Demeter
• Slovene: Dimitrij
• Spanish: Demetrio
• Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)
• Arabic: دمتري‎