# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-kotin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:23:24.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-kotin"
name: "Josef Kotin"
slug: "josef-kotin"
description: "Josef Yakovlevich Kotin was a Soviet armored vehicle design engineer, Head of all three Leningrad armor design bureaux (1937–39), Chief Designer of the Narkomat for Tank Industry (1939-1941), Deputy Narkom for the tank industry of the Soviet Union (1941-1943), Director of the VNII-100 Research Institute at Kirov Plant, Deputy Defense Industry Minister of the Soviet Union 1968–1972. He is best known for leading the design of some of the Kliment Voroshilov tanks, IS tank family, T-10 tank, SU-152 self-propelled heavy howitzer, Kirovets K-700 tractor and many other armored vehicles and heavy machinery."
tagline: "Russian engineer (1908-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_001.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1908-02-26"
deathDate: "1979-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.54
  momentum:             0.1948051948051948
  historical:           10.98384133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Котін Жозеф Якович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزيف ياكوفليفيتش كوتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Жазеф Якаўлевіч Коцін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Котин Жозеф Яковлевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakowlewitsch_Kotin"
    title: "Josef Jakowlewitsch Kotin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kotin"
    title: "Josef Kotin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kotine"
    title: "Joseph Kotine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsozef_Jakovlevics_Kotyin"
    title: "Zsozef Jakovlevics Kotyin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDozefas_Kotinas"
    title: "Žozefas Kotinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakowlewitsch_Kotin"
    title: "Josef Jakowlewitsch Kotin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBozef_Kotin"
    title: "Żozef Kotin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kotin"
    title: "Josef Kotin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Котин, Жозеф Яковлевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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