title: Afanasy
text: # 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.
  
  