# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/igor-shafarevich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:45:18.950Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/igor-shafarevich"
name: "Igor Shafarevich"
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description: "Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who contributed to algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. Outside mathematics, he wrote books and articles that criticised socialism, as well as other literature which some described as antisemitic."
tagline: "Soviet and Russian mathematician (1923-2017)"
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birthDate: "1923-06-03"
deathDate: "2017-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump