# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/afanasy-nikitin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:59:22.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/afanasy-nikitin"
name: "Afanasy Nikitin"
slug: "afanasy-nikitin"
description: "Afanasy Nikitin was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India. He described his trip in a narrative known as A Journey Beyond the Three Seas."
tagline: "Russian explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RR5110-0019R_525_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8E_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8E.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1475"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.669421487603307
  historical:           20.35134933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Afanasi Nikitin"
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    title: "Afanasi Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Afanasi Nikitin"
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    title: "Афанасий Никитин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Աֆանասի Նիկիտին"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ათანასე ნიკიტინი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Nicetae_filius"
    title: "Athanasius Nicetae filius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afanasijus_Nikitinas"
    title: "Afanasijus Nikitinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48624"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump