Georgiy Afanasyev

Georgiy Afanasyev
Афанасьев Георгий Емельянович
Афанасьєв Георгій Омелянович
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
In office
November 14, 1918 – December 14, 1918
Prime MinisterSerhiy Gerbel
Preceded byDmytro Doroshenko
Succeeded byVolodymyr Chekhivsky
Personal details
Born(1848-02-28)February 28, 1848
Ufa, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 15, 1925(1925-12-15) (aged 77)
Political partyBelgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Alma materOdessa University

Georgiy Yemelyanovich Afanasyev (Russian: Георгий Емельянович Афанасьєв, Ukrainian: Георгій (Юрій) Омелянович Афанасьєв, romanized: Heorhii (Yurii) Omelianovych Afanasiev; 28 February 1848 in Ufa – 15 December 1925 in Belgrade) was a Ukrainian and Russian historian, politician, and diplomat. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian State (1918). Received a master's degree for his thesis: "The main points of the ministerial Turgot" (1884); and his doctoral dissertation was: "The Conditions of the Grain Trade in France at the End of the 18th Century" (1892). From 1888 he lectured at the Odessa University. He read in Odessa and Kiev.