Afanasy (russian: Афана́сий) is the
Russian form of
Athanasios
Athanasios ( el, Αθανάσιος), also transliterated as Athnasious, Athanase or Atanacio, is a Greek male name which means "immortal". In modern Greek everyday use, it is commonly shortened to Thanasis (Θανάσης), Thanos (Θάνος), ...
, a Greek name meaning "
immortal". It may refer to:
People:
* Afanasy Bagration,
Prince Adarnase of Kartli
Afanasy Bagration ( ka, ათანასე ბაგრატიონი, ''At'anase Bagrationi''; russian: Афанасий Леонович Багратион, ''Afanasiy Leonovich Bagration''), born Adarnase (ადარნასე) (15 No ...
(1707–1784), Georgian prince royal and Russian Empire general
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Afanasy Beloborodov (1903–1990), Russian general
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Afanasy Fet (1820–1892), Russian poet
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Afanasy Grigoriev (1782–1868), Russian architect
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Afanasy Nikitin (died 1472), Russian merchant and traveler
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Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin (1605–1680), Russian statesman
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Afanasy Razmaritsyn
Afanasy Prokopievich Razmaritsyn (Russian: Афанасий Прокопиевич Размарицын; 1844 in Ukraine? – 1917 in Odessa) was a Russian-Ukrainian historical genre painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki.
Biography
He wa ...
(1844–1917), Russian-Ukrainian painter
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Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin
Afanasii Ivanovich Seredin-Sabatin (Афанасий Иванович Середин-Сабатин) was a Russian steersman-pilot and reporter for an English newspaper, but is best known as the first European (Russian) architect to live and work ...
(1860–1921), Russian architect and journalist, first Western architect to live and work in the Korean Empire
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Afanasy Shchapov (1830–1876), Russian historian
Fictional people:
* Afanasy Ivanovich Tovstogub, the main character of
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
's short story ''
The Old World Landowners
"The Old World Landowners" (Старосветские помещики, ''Starosvyetskiye pomeshchiki''), a short story written in 1835, is the first tale in the Mirgorod collection by Nikolai Gogol. A bittersweet and ironic reworking of the Bauci ...
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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.
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