Afanasy

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

Afanasy Bagration, Prince Adarnase of Kartli, Georgian prince royal and Russian Empire general
Afanasy Beloborodov, Russian general
Afanasy Fet, Russian poet
Afanasy Grigoriev, Russian architect
Afanasy Nikitin, Russian merchant and traveler
Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin, Russian statesman
Afanasy Razmaritsyn, Russian-Ukrainian painter
Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin, Russian architect and journalist, first Western architect to live and work in the Korean Empire
Afanasy Shchapov, Russian historian

Fictional people:

Afanasy Ivanovich Tovstogub, the main character of Nikolai Gogol's short story The [Old World Landowners]

Afanasy Nikolayevich Borschov, Main character in Georgiy Daneliya's 1975 film Afonya portrayed by Leonid Kuravlyov and works as a plumber
The surname Afanasyev is derived from the name. The surname Afonin is derived from Afonya, the short form of the name.
Category:Slavic masculine given names
Category:Russian masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names