# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evgeny-torchinov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:17:23.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evgeny-torchinov"
name: "Evgeny Torchinov"
slug: "evgeny-torchinov"
description: "Evgeny Alexeevich Torchinov was a Russian sinologist, Buddhist scholar, professor, and translator. He was best known as an eminent Russian researcher of ancient Chinese religion and philosophy, author of many books and translations of classical Chinese texts into Russian. He founded the chair of Eastern philosophy and cultures at St. Petersburg State University."
tagline: "Russian sinologist (1956–2003)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956-08-22"
deathDate: "2003-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.244239631336405
  historical:           6.166849333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://etor.h1.ru/"
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    title: "Jevgenyij Alekszejevics Torcsinov"
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    title: "ევგენი ტორჩინოვი"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump