# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikhail-vasenkov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:28:35.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikhail-vasenkov"
name: "Mikhail Vasenkov"
slug: "mikhail-vasenkov"
description: "Mikhail Anatolyevich Vasenkov was a Soviet–Russian colonel, photojournalist, and spy, honoured as Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990. He was part of the Illegals Program."
tagline: "Soviet and Russian colonel, photojournalist, and spy (1942–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_Lazaro_mug_shot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1942-10-09"
deathDate: "2022-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.23
  momentum:             3.162460567823345
  historical:           5.326750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Vasenkov"
    title: "Mikhail Vasenkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Anatoljevi%C4%8D_Vasenkov"
    title: "Michail Anatoljevič Vasenkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Васенков Михаил Анатольевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Васенков Михайло Анатолійович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Anatoljevitsj_Vasenkov"
    title: "Mikhail Anatoljevitsj Vasenkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Васенков, Михаил Анатольевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4104177"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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