アファナーシー・ニキーチン (ロシア語: Афана́сий Ники́тин; 1472年没) は、ロシア人[1]のトヴェリ出身の商人。ロシア人として初めて、またヨーロッパ人としてはニッコロー・デ・コンティに次いでインドを訪れ、記録を残した人物である。彼の旅行記は『三海渡航記』 (Хожение за три моря)の名で知られている。
^M. J. Maxwell. Afanasii Nikitin: An Orthodox Russian's Spiritual Voyage in the Dar al-Islam, 1468-1475. Journal of World History. Vol. 17, No. 3 (Sep., 2006), p. 243; D. P. M. Weerakkody. Sri Lanka, p. 1126; A. A. Postnikov. Nikitin, Afanasii (fl. Fifteenth Century), pp. 859-861; K. Karttunen, Indian Subcontinent, Pre-1500, p. 615 // J. Speake (ed.) Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1, A to F. Routledge. 2013; C. H. Whittaker. Russia engages the world, 1453-1825. Harvard University Press, 2003. P. 141; R. M. Eaton. A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives, Volume 1. Cambridge University Press, 2005. P. 72; The new encyclopaedia Britannica: in 32 vol. Macropaedia, India - Ireland, Volume 21. 1992. P. 183; Afanasy Nikitin's Voyage Beyond Three Seas: 1466-1472. Raduga, 1985. P. 65;J. Burbank, M. Von Hagen, A. V. Remnev. Russian Empire: Space, People, Power, 1700-1930. Indiana University Press. 2007. P. 240; A. V. Riasanovsky. Afanasii Nikitin's Journal. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 81. 1961. P. 126; J. R. Millar. Encyclopedia of Russian History, Volume 1. Macmillan Reference, 2003. P. 93
^Gail Lenhoffand Janet Martin "The Commercial and Cultural Context of Afanasij Nikitin's Journey Beyond Three Seas." Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 37, No. 3 (1989):321 - 344; See also Janet Martin, "Muscovite Travelling Merchants: The Trade with the Muslim East (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries)." Central Asian Studies 4, No. 3 (1985):21 - 38.
^For a translation of Nikitin's account, see Major 1857. See also the online English translation at: “Archived copy”. 2007年7月12日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2007年7月7日閲覧。
M. J. Maxwell. Afanasii Nikitin: An Orthodox Russian's Spiritual Voyage in the Dar al-Islam, 1468-1475. Journal of World History. Vol. 17, No. 3 (Sep., 2006)
J. Speake (ed.) Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1, A to F. Routledge. 2013
C. H. Whittaker. Russia engages the world, 1453-1825. Harvard University Press, 2003. P. 141
The new Encyclopædia Britannica: in 32 vol. Macropaedia, India - Ireland, Volume 21. 1992. P. 183
Afanasy Nikitin's Voyage Beyond Three Seas: 1466-1472. Raduga, 1985
J. Burbank, M. Von Hagen, A. V. Remnev. Russian Empire: Space, People, Power, 1700-1930. Indiana University Press. 2007. P. 240
A. V. Riasanovsky. Afanasii Nikitin's Journal. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 81. 1961.
J. R. Millar. Encyclopedia of Russian History, Volume 1. Macmillan Reference, 2003. P. 93