Afanasyev

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 Russian last name it is shared by the following people:

Afanasyev
Language(s)Russian
Origin
Region of originRussia
Other names
Variant form(s)Afanasyeva

People

  • Aleksey Afanasyev (1850-c.1920), 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 (born 1979), 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 (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

  • Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press.
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