# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valentin-varennikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:47:36.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valentin-varennikov"
name: "Valentin Varennikov"
slug: "valentin-varennikov"
description: "Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov was a Soviet and Russian Army general and politician, best known for being one of the planners and leaders of the Soviet–Afghan War, as well as one of the instigators of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt."
tagline: "Soviet general and Russian politician (1923-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evstafiev-Valentin_Varennikov_11AUG94.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1923-12-15"
deathDate: "2009-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump