# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-azhayev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:30:05.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-azhayev"
name: "Vasily Azhayev"
slug: "vasily-azhayev"
description: "Vasily Nikolayevich Azhayev was a Soviet and Russian writer. He is best known as the author of the novel Daleko ot Moskvy, which was published in 1948. The novel was awarded the Stalin Prize of first degree in 1949. It later served as the basis for several eponymous film, stage and TV adaptations, and an opera."
tagline: "Soviet writer (1915–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily_Azhayev_cropped.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1915-01-30"
deathDate: "1968-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.27541466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1462326/"
    handle:    "nm1462326"
sources:
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    title: "瓦西里·阿扎耶夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vasili Ajayev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Василий Ажаев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vasilij Nikolajevič Ažajev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wassili Nikolajewitsch Aschajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Azhayev"
    title: "Vasily Azhayev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_A%C5%BEajev"
    title: "Vasili Ažajev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Aja%C3%AFev"
    title: "Vassili Ajaïev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վասիլի Աժաև"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヴァシリー・アジャーエフ"
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    title: "വാസിലി അഷായെവ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilij_A%C5%BCajew"
    title: "Wasilij Ażajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Nikolaevici_Ajaev"
    title: "Vasili Nikolaevici Ajaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ажаев, Василий Николаевич"
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    title: "Ажаєв Василь Миколайович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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