Afanasyev Explained
| Afanasyev |
| Region: | Russia |
| Language: | Russian |
| Variant: | Afanasyeva |
Afanasyev (masculine; Афанасьев) or Afanasyeva (feminine; Афанасьева) is a Russian last name. It is derived from Afanasy which is etymologically directly connected to Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), a very common Greek masculine first name that means "immortal". As a Russian last name, it is shared by the following people:
People
- Aleksey Afanasyev (1850-), Russian painter and illustrator
- Alexander Afanasyev (1826–1871), Russian folklorist
- Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky (1817–1875), Russian/Ukrainian writer and ethnographer
- Alexey Ivanovich Afanasyev (1910–1978), Soviet naval officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Alexey Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1916–1968), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Anatoly Afanasyev (1912–2003), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Fyodor Afanasyev (1859–1905), Russian revolutionary
- Georgy Afanasyev (1906–1975), Soviet geologist and petrographer
- Mikhail Afanasyev (born 1986), Belarusian footballer
- Ivan Afanasyev (1901–1952), Soviet naval officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ksenia Afanasyeva (born 1991), Russian olympic gymnast
- Nikolay Fyodorovich Afanasyev (1918–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nikolay Mikhaylovich Afanasyev (1916-2009), Russian firearms designer
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1893–1966), Russian Orthodox theologian
- Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1820–1898), Russian violinist and composer
- Nina Afanasyeva (born 1939), Russian/Sami politician and language activist
- Sergey Afanasyev (engineer) (1918–2001), Soviet engineer and space and defense industry executive
- Sergey Afanasyev (athlete) (born 1964), Russian middle-distance runner
- Sergey Afanasyev (racing driver) (born 1988), Russian racing driver
- Stepan Afanasyev (1894–1965), Soviet party figure
- Tatyana Afanasyeva (1876–1964), Russian/Dutch mathematician
- Vahur Afanasjev (1979–2021), Estonian writer, filmmaker and musician
- Valery Afanassiev (born 1947), Russian pianist
- Valērijs Afanasjevs (born 1982), Latvian footballer
- Vasily Afanasyev (1843–1913), prominent mechanical engineer of the Imperial Russian Navy
- Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev (1922–1994), Soviet/Russian journalist
- Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev (born 1948), Soviet/Russian cosmonaut
- Yegor Afanasyev, an alias of a Russian revolutionary Yegor Klimanov
- Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), Russian athlete
- Yuri Afanasyev, (1934-2015), Russian historian and politician
Other
- Afanasyeva (rural locality), a rural locality (a village) in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
See also
References
- Book: Unbegaun, B. O.. Russian Surnames. 1972. Oxford University Press.
