# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-tolstykh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:24.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikhail-tolstykh"
name: "Mikhail Tolstykh"
slug: "mikhail-tolstykh"
description: "Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh, better known by his nom de guerre Givi (Гиви), was a prominent pro-Russian separatist commander of the Donetsk People's Republic's Somalia Battalion during the war in Donbas. Tolstykh achieved a high profile for his wartime activities, from 2014 until his assassination in early 2017."
tagline: "Commander of the pro-Russian forces"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail_Tolstykh%2C_aka_Givi_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1980-07-19"
deathDate: "2017-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.65
  momentum:             10.1854770587898
  historical:           22.348148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
sources:
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    title: "Mikhail Tolstykh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AE"
    title: "ميخائيل تولستيخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixail_Tolst%C4%B1x"
    title: "Mixail Tolstıx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mychailo_Tolstych"
    title: "Mychailo Tolstych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB_%CE%A4%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%87"
    title: "Μιχαήλ Τόλστιχ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Givi"
    title: "Givi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihhail_Tolst%C3%B5hh"
    title: "Mihhail Tolstõhh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میخائیل تولستیخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Tolstyh"
    title: "Mihail Tolstyh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Tolstykh"
    title: "Mikhaïl Tolstykh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Միխայիլ Տոլստիխ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mikhail Tolstykh"
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    title: "Michail Tolstych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ミハイル・トルスティク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მიხეილ ტოლსტიხი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michaił Tołstych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tolstykh"
    title: "Mikhail Tolstykh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Толстых, Михаил Сергеевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Tolstykh"
    title: "Mikhail Tolstykh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Михаил Толстих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michail Tolstych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mihail Tolstıh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Толстих Михайло Сергійович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18344675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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