# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-margelov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:41:38.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-margelov"
name: "Vasily Margelov"
slug: "vasily-margelov"
description: "Vasily Filippovich Margelov was a Red Army General who commanded the Soviet Airborne Forces (VDV) from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1979. During his total of 23 years commanding the Soviet Airborne Forces, Margelov reformed and modernized the VDV. He was named a Hero of the Soviet Union in March 1944."
tagline: "Soviet general (1908–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margelov_Vasiliy_Filippovich.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1908-12-14"
deathDate: "1990-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.09
  momentum:             25
  historical:           14.79529733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vasily Margelov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Васіль Маргелаў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Васіль Піліпавіч Маргелаў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vassili Marguélov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassili_Filippowitsch_Margelow"
    title: "Wassili Filippowitsch Margelow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Margu%C3%A9lov"
    title: "Vasili Marguélov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Marguelov"
    title: "Vassili Marguelov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "וסילי מרגלוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vasily Margelov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilij_Filippovi%C4%8D_Margelov"
    title: "Vasilij Filippovič Margelov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilij_Margie%C5%82ow"
    title: "Wasilij Margiełow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маргелов, Василий Филиппович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маргелов Василь Пилипович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677432"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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