# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dmitri-sukhorukov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:04:47.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dmitri-sukhorukov"
name: "Dmitri Sukhorukov"
slug: "dmitri-sukhorukov"
description: "Dmitri Semyonovich Sukhorukov was a Soviet General of the army who commanded the Soviet airborne between 1979 and 1987, during the Soviet–Afghan War. Sukhorukov fought as company commander in the 104th Guards Rifle Division during World War II and served in the 7th Guards Airborne Division postwar. In September 1962, he became the commander of the 98th Guards Airborne Division. He commanded the 2nd Army Corps from July 1968. After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff, Sukhorukov commanded the Central Group of Forces in November 1976. From January 1979 to July 1987, he was the commander of the Soviet airborne, overseeing its operations in Afghanistan. In July 1987, he became the deputy defence minister for personnel and in 1990 was in the Group of Inspectors General. After retiring in 1992, Sukhorokov died on 8 July 2003."
tagline: "Russian General of the Army and VDV commander (1922–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Dmitri_Sukhorukov.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1922-11-02"
deathDate: "2003-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.689994666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitrij_Suchorukow"
    title: "Dmitrij Suchorukow"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "دميترى سوخوروكوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Sukhorukov"
    title: "Dmitri Sukhorukov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "德米特里·苏霍鲁科夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сухоруков, Дмитрий Семёнович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Сухоруков Дмитро Семенович"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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