# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-zhitkov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:58:02.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-zhitkov"
name: "Boris Zhitkov"
slug: "boris-zhitkov"
description: "Boris Stepanovich Zhitkov was a writer from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union, mainly known as the author of children's books and the novel Viktor Vavich about the 1905 Russian Revolution."
tagline: "Russian and Soviet writer (1882–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris_Zhitkov_1930s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1882-08-30"
deathDate: "1938-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.024845333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2680148"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Jitkov"
    title: "Boris Jitkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_St%C4%9Bpanovi%C4%8D_%C5%BDitkov"
    title: "Boris Stěpanovič Žitkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Zhitkov"
    title: "Boris Zhitkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_%C5%BDitkov"
    title: "Boris Žitkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Stepanovitch_Jitkov"
    title: "Boris Stepanovitch Jitkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%BA%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BE"
    title: "Բորիս Ժիտկով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Борис Житков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Житков, Борис Степанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1970869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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