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'''Dmitri''', '''Dmitry''' or '''Dmitriy''', sometimes also '''Dmitrij''' ({{lang-ru|Дми́трий}} - {{IPA2|ˈdmʲitrʲɪj}}); Church Slavic form: '''Dimitry''' or '''Dimitri''' ({{lang|ru|Дими́трий}}); ancient Russian forms: '''D'mitr(iy)''' or '''Dmitr''' ({{lang|ru|Дьмитр(ии)}} or {{lang|ru|Дъмитръ}}) is a male [[given name]], the version of [[Greek language|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 mythology|Greek]] [[goddess]] of [[agriculture]]).
Short forms of the name from the 13th-14th centuries are: '''Mitya''', '''Mityay''', '''Mit'ka''' or '''Miten'ka''' ({{lang|ru|Ми́тя, Митя́й, Ми́тька}}, or {{lang|ru|Ми́тенька}}); from the 20th century (originated from the Church Slavic form) are: '''Dima''', '''Dimka''', '''Dimochka''', '''Dimulya''' etc. ({{lang|ru|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.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
[[Image:Meister der Demetrius-Kirche in Saloniki 001.jpg|thumb|250px|right|St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki]]
==St. Dimitri's Day==
The feast of the [[Saint Demetrius|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 ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=83 Demetrius Saturday]'' and commemorates those Orthodox soldiers who fell in the [[Battle of Kulikovo]].
==Notable people named Dmitry==
*[[Dmitri Donskoi]] (Дмитрий Донской, 1350–1389) Grand Duke of Muscovy
*[[Dmitry of Pereslavl|Dmitry Pereslavsky]] (Дмитрий Переславский - Dmitry of [[Pereslavl]], c1250-1294) was Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal
*[[Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia|Dmitri Romanov]] (Дмитрий Романов - Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of [[Russia]], [[1891]]-[[1941]]) Russian imperial dynast assassinated Rasputin
*[[Saint Demetrius|Dimitri Solunski]] (Святой Димитрий Солунский - St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, 3rd century – 306) , Saint martyr of 3rd-4th centuries.
*[[Dmitri of Suzdal|Dmitri Suzdalsky]] (Дмитрий Суздальский - Dmitri of [[Suzdal]], [[1324]]–[[1383]]) Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod
*[[Tsarevich Demetrius|Dimitri Tsarevich]], Tsarevich Demetrius, or Tsarevich Dimitri, or Dmitriy Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of Uglich and Dmitry of Moscow, (Дмитрий Иванович, Дмитрий Угличский, Дмитрий Московский) ([[1582]]-[[1591]]) a Russian tsarevich, son of Ivan the Terrible and Maria Nagaya.
* [[Dmitry Pozharsky]], liberator of Moscow during the [[Time of Troubles]]
* [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], Russian chemist and the creator of the first [[periodic table]] of [[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
====False Dmitries====
*[[False Dmitry I]] (Лжедмитрий I, ruled [[1605]]-[[1606]]) claimed to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, tsarevich Dmitriy Ivanovich; real name was [[Grigory Otrepyev]]
*[[False Dmitry II]] (Лжедмитрий II) first appeared on the scene c[[1607]], killed in [[1610]]
*[[False Dmitry III]] (Лжедмитрий III) proclaiming himself the tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, on [[March 28]] [[1611]], executed on [[May 18]], [[1612]]
====Demetriuses====
*[[Demetrius I]] [[337 BC|337]]-[[283 BC]], son of [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]] and [[Stratonice]], was a king of [[Macedon]] ([[294 BC|294]] - [[288 BC]])
*[[Demetrius II of Macedon|Demetrius II]] son of Antigonus Gonatas, reigned as king of Macedonia from [[239]] to [[229]] BC
*[[Demetrius III]] "The Invincible" identified with an Indo-Greek king who reigned in the area of [[Gandhara]] and [[Punjab region|Punjab]] around 100 BCE
*[[Demetrius III Eucaerus]] (d. 88 BC) a ruler of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenic]] [[Seleucid kingdom]], the son of [[Antiochus VIII Grypus]]
etc., see [[Demetrius]]
==Dimitri Video Games==
*[[The Dimitri Project]] a game by Lionhead Studios
==In other languages==
*[[Greek language|Greek]]: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης ([[Demetrius|Demétrios]], Dimitris)
*{{lang-ru|Дмитрий}} (Dmitrij)
*{{lang-be|Зьміцер, Дзьмітры}} (Z'mitser, Dz'mitry)
*{{lang-de|Demetrius}}
*{{lang-pl|Dymitr, Demetriusz (imię)}}
*{{lang-uk|Дмитро}} (Dmytro)
*{{lang-fr|Dimitri}}
*{{lang-nl|Dimitri en dorien (l)}}
*{{lang-no|Deiomitry}}
*{{lang-he|(Dmitriy) דמיטרי }}
*{{lang-it|Demetrio}}
*{{lang-es|Demetrio}}
*{{lang-eo|Zmitro}}
*{{lang-sk|Demeter}}
*[[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
*[[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Dumitru, Dimitrie
*[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Димитър (Dimitar)
*[[Serbian language|Serbian]]: Dimitrije
*[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]: Димитар, Димитри
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