Jurij is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Jurij Alschitz (born 1947), theatre director, theatre and acting theorist who has lived in Berlin since 1992. Jurij Brězan (1916–2006), Sorbian writer. Jurij Cherednikov (born 1964), Ukrainian-American author and software engineer. Jurij Dalmatin (1547–1589), Slovene Lutheran minister, writer and translator. Jurij Fedynskyj (born 1975), Ukrainian-American folk singer, kobzar and bandurist. Jurij Gering, politician in Slovenia during the first half of the 16th century when it was under the Holy Roman Empire.
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