# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sergey-chernykh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:23:28.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sergey-chernykh"
name: "Sergey Chernykh"
slug: "sergey-chernykh"
description: "Sergey Aleksandrovich Chernykh was a Soviet fighter pilot in the Spanish Civil War who went on to become a Major-general and commander of the 9th Mixed Aviation Division while the Soviet Union was being invaded by Nazi Germany. After the unit under his command was devastated by Luftwaffe bombing attacks, he was arrested in Bryansk charged with criminal inaction, cowardice and failure to obey orders and executed at the Kommunarka shooting ground in October 1941. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1958."
tagline: "First Soviet pilot to shoot down an Me-109"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A1._%D0%90._%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1912-01-22"
deathDate: "1941-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             9.652173913043477
  historical:           6.752053333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Aleksandrovich_Chernykh"
    title: "Sergey Aleksandrovich Chernykh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Chernykh"
    title: "Sergey Chernykh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergu%C3%A9i_Chernij"
    title: "Serguéi Chernij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Chernykh_(pilot)"
    title: "Sergey Chernykh (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siergiej_Czernych"
    title: "Siergiej Czernych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Черных, Сергей Александрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Черних Сергій Олександрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4514257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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