# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-kapnist
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:55:23.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-kapnist"
name: "Vasily Kapnist"
slug: "vasily-kapnist"
description: "Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist, was a Russian poet, playwright and nobleman who was known as an active critic of serfdom in Russia and as a proponent of restoration of the Zaporozhian host in the region of southern Ukraine. Kapnist was the grandson of a Greek merchant from Zakynthos. He was a descendant of the noble family of Capnissi."
tagline: "Ukrainian and Russian noble and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PGRS_2_042_Kapnist_-_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1758-02-12"
deathDate: "1823-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.05
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           11.833768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/33a35e35-9aab-4aac-9456-bf5670451d60"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فاسيلي فاسيليفيتش كابنيست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassili_Wassiljewitsch_Kapnist"
    title: "Wassili Wassiljewitsch Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BD%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Βασίλειος Καπνίσης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Kapnist"
    title: "Vasily Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "وسیلی کاپینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Kapnist"
    title: "Vasili Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Kapnist"
    title: "Vassili Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilius_Kapnist"
    title: "Basilius Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasils_Kapnists"
    title: "Vasils Kapnists"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Капнист, Василий Васильевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilij_Kapnist"
    title: "Vasilij Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Kapnist"
    title: "Vasili Kapnist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Капніст Василь Васильович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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