# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolay-afanas-yev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:19.781Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolay-afanas-yev"
name: "Nikolay Afanas'yev"
slug: "nikolay-afanas-yev"
description: "Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev was an Imperial Russian violin virtuoso and composer. His memoirs 'Vospominaniya' ('Reminiscences') appeared in 1890, and recorded his experiences as a touring musician, as part of a panorama of Russian musical life during the mid 19th century. He became an honorary member of the Russian Musical Society in 1896."
tagline: "Russian violin virtuoso and composer (1820–1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolai_Jakowlewitsch_Afanassjew_-_Musiker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1820-12-31"
deathDate: "1898-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.05681818181818
  historical:           8.539705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيكولاى افاناسيڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Afan%C3%A0ssiev"
    title: "Nikolai Afanàssiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Jakowlewitsch_Afanassjew"
    title: "Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Afanassjew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Afanasyev_(composer)"
    title: "Nikolay Afanasyev (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Jakovlevi%C4%8D_Afanas'ev"
    title: "Nikolaj Jakovlevič Afanas'ev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95"
    title: "ニコライ・アファナシエフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_Afanasjew_(kompozytor)"
    title: "Nikołaj Afanasjew (kompozytor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Iakovlevici_Afanasiev"
    title: "Nikolai Iakovlevici Afanasiev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Афанасьев, Николай Яковлевич"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump