# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrey-melnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:06.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrey-melnikov"
name: "Andrey Melnikov"
slug: "andrey-melnikov"
description: "Andrey Alexandrovich Melnikov was a machine gunner with the rank of private in the 9th Company of the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment under the 40th Army during the Soviet-Afghan war."
tagline: "Hero of the Soviet Union (1968–1988)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1968-04-11"
deathDate: "1988-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.913934666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мельников, Андрей Александрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "أندري ميلينكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "اندرى ميلينكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E"
    title: "Андрэй Аляксандравіч Мельнікаў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Alexandrovi%C4%8D_Melnikov"
    title: "Andrej Alexandrovič Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Melnikov"
    title: "Andrey Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Melnikov"
    title: "Andrey Melnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Aleksandrovi%C4%8D_Mel'nikov"
    title: "Andrej Aleksandrovič Mel'nikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriej_Mielnikow"
    title: "Andriej Mielnikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3494196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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