# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arkady-shevchenko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:31:20.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arkady-shevchenko"
name: "Arkady Shevchenko"
slug: "arkady-shevchenko"
description: "Arkady Nikolayevich Shevchenko was a Soviet diplomat who was the highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the West."
tagline: "Soviet diplomat and defector to the West (1930–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arkady_Shevchenko_1980s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-10-11"
deathDate: "1998-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             16.19179986101459
  historical:           8.182622666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%8D%A1%E5%AD%A3%C2%B7%E8%88%8D%E7%94%AB%E7%90%B4%E7%A7%91"
    title: "阿尔卡季·舍甫琴科"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "أركادي شفتشينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "اركادى شيڤتشينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Shevchenko"
    title: "Arkady Shevchenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkadi_Shevchenko"
    title: "Arkadi Shevchenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Chevtchenko"
    title: "Arkady Chevtchenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkadij_Sjevtsjenko"
    title: "Arkadij Sjevtsjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шевченко, Аркадий Николаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Шевченко Аркадій Миколайович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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