# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kolesnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:04:28.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kolesnikov"
name: "Mikhail Kolesnikov"
slug: "mikhail-kolesnikov"
description: "General of the Army Mikhail Petrovich Kolesnikov was a Russian military officer and a member of President Boris Yeltsin's administration. He briefly served as acting Minister of Defense in 1996 after Pavel Grachev was fired by Yeltsin."
tagline: "Former Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation (1939-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail_Kolesnikov_4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1939-06-30"
deathDate: "2007-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.662208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "米哈伊尔·彼得罗维奇·科列斯尼科夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D1%85%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D1%82%D3%99%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5)"
    title: "Колесников Михаил Петрович (хәрби етәксе)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Petrowitsch_Kolesnikow"
    title: "Michail Petrowitsch Kolesnikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kolesnikov_(politician)"
    title: "Mikhail Kolesnikov (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mija%C3%ADl_Kol%C3%A9snikov"
    title: "Mijaíl Kolésnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Petrovitch_Kolesnikov"
    title: "Mikhaïl Petrovitch Kolesnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "מיכאיל קולסניקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michai%C5%82_Kolesnikow"
    title: "Michaił Kolesnikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Колесников, Михаил Петрович (военачальник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Petrovi%C4%8D_Kolesnikov"
    title: "Mihail Petrovič Kolesnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_(%D1%85%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA)"
    title: "Михаил Колесников (хәрби башлык)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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