# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denis-vetchinov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:24:36.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denis-vetchinov"
name: "Denis Vetchinov"
slug: "denis-vetchinov"
description: "Denis Vasiliyevich Vetchinov was a Russian Ground Forces major killed in action during the 2008 South Ossetia war and posthumously awarded Russia's highest military award, Hero of the Russian Federation, for his role in the conflict. In film August Eighth Vetchinov became a prototype of captain Ilya played by Khasan Baroyev."
tagline: "Hero of the Russian Federation (1976-2008)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1976-06-28"
deathDate: "2008-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.1
  momentum:             2.801204819277108
  historical:           4.6153
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%92%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%9E"
    title: "Дзяніс Васільевіч Вятчынаў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Vetchinov"
    title: "Denis Vetchinov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ветчинов, Денис Васильевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ветчинов Денис Васильович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Vetchinov"
    title: "Denis Vetchinov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3920370"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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