# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolay-ilyin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:39:32.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolay-ilyin"
name: "Nikolay Ilyin"
slug: "nikolay-ilyin"
description: "Nikolai Yakovlevich Ilyin was one of the top Soviet snipers of World War II. Awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 8 February 1943 for his first 216 kills, by the time he was killed in action later that year his tally reached 494, thus being considered as one of the deadliest snipers in history."
tagline: "Soviet World War II sniper (1922–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Soviet_Union_1966_CPA_3325_stamp_(World_War_II_Hero_Starshina_of_the_Guard_Nikolai_Ilyin).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1922"
deathDate: "1943-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.561449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%97%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D1%83)"
    title: "Ільїн Микола Якович (Герой Радянського Союзу)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Ilyin_(sniper)"
    title: "Nikolai Ilyin (sniper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol%C3%A1i_Ilyin"
    title: "Nikolái Ilyin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Ilyin_(penembak)"
    title: "Nikolai Ilyin (penembak)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%BD%9C%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4_%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%B0"
    title: "니콜라이 일린"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0)"
    title: "Ильин, Николай Яковлевич (Герой Советского Союза)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98_%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%99%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Николај Јаковљевич Илин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4199585"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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