# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pyotr-shirshov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:04:07.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pyotr-shirshov"
name: "Pyotr Shirshov"
slug: "pyotr-shirshov"
description: "Pyotr Petrovich Shirshov was a Soviet oceanographer, hydrobiologist, polar explorer, statesman, academician (1939), the first minister of Ministry of Maritime Fleet of the USSR and Hero of the Soviet Union (1938)."
tagline: "Soviet scientist and explorer (1905–1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_001.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-12-25"
deathDate: "1953-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             0.4658721560130011
  historical:           11.834776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ширшов Петро Петрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_%C5%9Eir%C5%9Fov"
    title: "Pyotr Şirşov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Xirxov"
    title: "Piotr Xirxov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pjotr_Petrowitsch_Schirschow"
    title: "Pjotr Petrowitsch Schirschow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Shirshov"
    title: "Pyotr Shirshov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pjotr_%C5%9Cir%C5%9Dov"
    title: "Pjotr Ŝirŝov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Shirshov"
    title: "Piotr Shirshov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Chirchov"
    title: "Piotr Chirchov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Shirshov"
    title: "Pyotr Shirshov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "პეტრე შირშოვი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr_Szyrszow"
    title: "Piotr Szyrszow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Shirshov"
    title: "Pyotr Shirshov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Ширшов, Пётр Петрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Petrovich_Shirshov"
    title: "Petr Petrovich Shirshov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2392818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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