# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-bochkaryov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:40:06.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-bochkaryov"
name: "Vasily Bochkaryov"
slug: "vasily-bochkaryov"
description: "Vasily Kuzmich Bochkaryov was a Russian politician. He served as Head of Zheleznodorozhny District of Penza from 1987 to 1998, and was elected Head of the Administration of Penza Oblast in April 1998. He became Governor of Penza Oblast in June 1998, and since then has been re-elected two times – in 2002 and 2005. He won his 2002 election by a small margin over his Communist challenger. Since 2015 until his death, Bochkaryov represented Penza Oblast in the Federation Council of Russia."
tagline: "Russian politician (1949-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasiliy_Bochkariov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-04-29"
deathDate: "2016-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.05
  momentum:             0.2027027027027027
  historical:           4.624444
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BochkarevVK"
    handle:    "BochkarevVK"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bochkarevvk/"
    handle:    "bochkarevvk"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فاسيلي باشكاريوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Bochkaryov"
    title: "Vasily Bochkaryov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%91%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Бочкарёв, Василий Кузьмич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%91%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Бочкарёв, Василий Кузьмич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Bochkaryov"
    title: "Vasily Bochkaryov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4095390"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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