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 a Russian last name, it is shared by the following people:

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 (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