Afanasy
# Afanasy

Afanasy (Russian: Афана́сий) is the Russian form of Athanasios, a Greek name meaning "immortal". It may refer to:

People:

* Afanasy Bagration, Prince Adarnase of Kartli (1707–1784), Georgian prince royal and Russian Empire general
* Afanasy Beloborodov (1903–1990), Russian general
* Afanasy Fet (1820–1892), Russian poet
* Afanasy Grigoriev (1782–1868), Russian architect
* Afanasy Nikitin (died 1472), Russian merchant and traveler
* Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (1605–1680), Russian statesman
* Afanasy Razmaritsyn (1844–1917), Russian-Ukrainian painter
* Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin (1860–1921), Russian architect and journalist, first Western architect to live and work in the Korean Empire
* Afanasy Shchapov (1830–1876), Russian historian

Fictional people:

The surname Afanasyev (Russian: Афана́сьев) is derived from the name. The surname Afonin (Russian: Афо́нин) is derived from Afonya, the short form of the name.

