# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonid-kvasnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:49:16.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonid-kvasnikov"
name: "Leonid Kvasnikov"
slug: "leonid-kvasnikov"
description: "Leonid Romanovich Kvasnikov was a Soviet and Russian chemical engineer and a spy, serving first in NKVD and later served in KGB. Graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Machine-Building in 1934 and worked as an engineer in a chemical plant for several years in the Tula region. Kvasnikov continued postgraduate engineering studies and joined the KGB in 1938 as a specialist in scientific-technical intelligence. Beginning in 1939 he was the section head of scientific and technical intelligence. Kvasnikov served a few short-term assignments in Germany and Poland and rising swiftly to become deputy chief and then chief of the KGB scientific intelligence section."
tagline: "KGB officer (1905–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonid_Kvasnikov_1998_stamp_of_Russia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1905-06-02"
deathDate: "1993-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.78
  momentum:             3.068181818181819
  historical:           5.478258666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kvasnikov"
    title: "Leonid Kvasnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kvasnikov"
    title: "Leonid Kvasnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D4%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BE"
    title: "Լեոնիդ Կվասնիկով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kvasnikov"
    title: "Leonid Kvasnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kwasnikow"
    title: "Leonid Kwasnikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Квасников, Леонид Романович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4218585"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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