# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pavel-kushnir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:57:29.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pavel-kushnir"
name: "Pavel Kushnir"
slug: "pavel-kushnir"
description: "Pavel Mikhailovich Kushnir was a Russian pianist, writer, and political activist, who became the first political prisoner in modern Russia to die during a hunger strike. Born into a musical family in Tambov, Kushnir displayed exceptional talent as a pianist from an early age, performing at 17 the complete cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues by Shostakovich. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 2007, he worked as a pianist and accompanist in various Russian cities, eventually becoming a soloist with the Birobidzhan Regional Philharmonia in 2023."
tagline: "Russian musician and dissident (1984–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Pavel_Kushnir.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1984-09-19"
deathDate: "2024-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.643668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1740
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKgKirt9-i7Sq0A_MV9r8GA"
    handle:    "@kristenseberg"
    followers: 1740
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a81f434-b3c2-4d40-a9ce-fcb6eb5978fe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawel_Michailowitsch_Kuschnir"
    title: "Pawel Michailowitsch Kuschnir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kushnir"
    title: "Pavel Kushnir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Ku%C5%9Dnir"
    title: "Pavel Kuŝnir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kuxnir"
    title: "Pavel Kuxnir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kuschnir"
    title: "Pavel Kuschnir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Ku%C5%A1nir"
    title: "Pavel Kušnir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawie%C5%82_Kusznir"
    title: "Pawieł Kusznir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кушнир, Павел Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кушнір Павло Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%95%E7%B6%AD%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E5%BA%AB%E4%BB%80%E5%B0%BC%E7%88%BE"
    title: "帕維爾·庫什尼爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128422180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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