Bely (surname)

Bely (Бе́лый; masculine) or Belaya (Бе́лая; feminine) is a Russian last name meaning "white". It is shared by the following people:
 * Aleksey Bely (born 1961), Ukrainian politician
 * Andrei Bely (1880–1934), pseudonym of Boris Bugayev, a Russian novelist, poet, and literary critic
 * Mikhail Bely, Russian diplomat, Russian ambassador to Japan
 * Viktor Bely (1904–1983), Russian composer and social activist