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:
Alexander Afanasyev
Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (; – ) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer best known for publishing nearly 600 East Slavic and Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world. This collection was ...
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...
Egor Afanasyev
Egor Yurievich Afanasyev (; born 23 January 2001) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, 45th ov ...
(born 2001), Russian ice hockey player
* 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
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Ksenia Afanasyeva
Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva (; born 13 September 1991) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on Floor (gymnastics), floor exercise, the 2013 ...
(born 1991), Russian olympic gymnast
* Nikolay Fyodorovich Afanasyev (1918–1944), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
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Sergey Afanasyev (engineer)
Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev (; 30 August 1918 – 13 May 2001) was a Russian engineer and later politician who was the leading figure in the Soviet Union's missile and space program. He was the Minister of General Machine Building (1965–19 ...
(1918–2001), Soviet engineer and space and defense industry executive
* Sergey Afanasyev (athlete) (born 1964), Russian middle-distance runner
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Sergey Afanasyev (racing driver)
Sergey Andreyevich Afanasyev ( rus, Серге́й Андре́евич Афана́сьев, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪf; born 25 March 1988) is a Russian racing driver, holder of honour "Master of sports of Russi ...
(born 1988), Russian racing driver
* Stepan Afanasyev (1894–1965), Soviet party figure
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Tatyana Afanasyeva
Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva-Ehrenfest (; ; 19 November 1876 – 14 April 1964) was a Russian-Dutch mathematician and physicist who made contributions to the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics with her husband Paul E ...
(1876–1964), Russian/Dutch mathematician
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Vahur Afanasjev
Vahur Afanasjev (born Vahur Laanoja; 24 August 1979 – 10 May 2021) was an Estonian novelist, poet, musician and film director best known for his novel ''Serafima and Bogdan'' a story following the lives in a village of Russian Orthodox Old Be ...
(1979–2021), Estonian writer, filmmaker and musician
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Valery Afanassiev
Valery Pavlovich Afanassiev (; born 8 September 1947) is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor.
Life
Valery Afanassiev was born in Moscow. He studied piano at the Academic Music College and Moscow Conservatory with Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak ...
(born 1947), Russian pianist
*Valērijs Afanasjevs (born 1982), Latvian footballer
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Vasily Afanasyev
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to:
*Vasily I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
*Vasily II of Moscow Grand Prince fro ...
(1843–1913), prominent mechanical engineer of the
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until being dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution and the declaration of ...
Viktor Mikhaylovich Afanasyev
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev (; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, and is married to Yel ...
(born 1948), Soviet/Russian cosmonaut
*Yegor Afanasyev, an alias of a Russian revolutionary Yegor Klimanov
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Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete)
Yelena Aleksandrovna Vlasova-Afanasyeva (; born March 1, 1967, in Kulebaki) is a former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European title as well as a 1997 World Championships in Athletics, 1997 Wo ...
(born 1967), Russian athlete
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Yevgeny Afanasyev
Yevgeny Vladimirovich Afanasyev (; born 25 May 1947) is a Russian diplomat. He has served as the Russian ambassador to South Korea between 1997 and 2000, to Thailand between 2004 and 2010, and to Japan between 2012 and 2018. He was awarded the ...
(born 1947), Russian diplomat
* Yuri Afanasyev, (1934–2015), Russian historian and politician
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara River, Angara, Lena River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is ...
, Russia
See also
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Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasyev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is an American record producer and songwriter. He was a frequent collaborator of Mariah Carey on her first six studio albums. Af ...
, Brazilian (of Russian descent) record producer and songwriter