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Born in Leningrad, Afanaskov was a laureate of the International Ballet Competition (Varna, 1966). He graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School in 1961 (class of A. Kumysnikov, B. Shavrov). From 1961 to 1983, he performed at the Mariinsky Theatre, where his roles included: pas de trois, Siegfried («Swan Lake»), Jean de Brienne; pas de deux, Albrecht («Giselle»), Bridegroom, Désiré («The Sleeping Beauty»), Václav; Prince («The Nutcracker»), Satyr («Spartacus»), Ivan Tsarevich (choreographic miniature «The Firebird»), Youth (choreographic miniature «Ravel’s Waltzes»), Water Genie («The Little Humpbacked Horse»), Cavalier («Cinderella»), Troubadour («Romeo and Juliet»), Merchant («Le Corsaire»), Gringoire («Esmeralda»).