# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolai-ogarkov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:17:32.177Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolai-ogarkov"
name: "Nikolai Ogarkov"
slug: "nikolai-ogarkov"
description: "Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984, he was Chief of the General Staff of the USSR. He became widely known in the West when he became the Soviet military's spokesman following the shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Moneron Island in September 1983. He was dismissed as Chief of the General Staff on 6 September 1984."
tagline: "Marshal of the Soviet Union (1917–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolai_Ogarkov_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1917-10-30"
deathDate: "1994-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           21.367832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump