# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/galina-sanko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:04:23.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/galina-sanko"
name: "Galina Sanko"
slug: "galina-sanko"
description: "Galina Zakharovna Sanko was a Soviet photographer who worked as a photojournalist and was one of only five women who served as a war photographer during World War II. She was one of the most noted Soviet photographers and known in the West, winning awards both at home and abroad."
tagline: "Soviet photojournalist (1904–1981)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Galina_Sanko.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1904"
deathDate: "1981"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.140893333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Санько, Галина Захаровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Sank%C3%B3"
    title: "Galina Sankó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Sa%C5%88kov%C3%A1"
    title: "Galina Saňková"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Sacharowna_Sanko"
    title: "Galina Sacharowna Sanko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Sanko"
    title: "Galina Sanko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina_Sanko"
    title: "Galina Sanko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Галина Санко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12018051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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