# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-matveyevich-chernyayev
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:26:38.635Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-matveyevich-chernyayev"
name: "Vasily Matveyevich Chernyayev"
slug: "vasily-matveyevich-chernyayev"
description: "Vasiliǐ Matveievitch Czernajew was a Russian botanist responsible for collecting and describing at least five new genera and nine new species of fungi between 1822 and 1839. His name is written in the Cyrillic alphabet and has appeared in scientific documentation with a number of different romanizations, including V. Czernajev, Basil Matveievich Czerniaiev, B.M. Czernaiev, B.M. Czernjaëv, B.M. Czernjaëw, V.M. Tschernaiew, V. Tschernajef, and V. Czerniaier, although the official abbreviation seems to be consistently written as Czern."
tagline: "Russian botanist (1794-1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Czernajew%2C_Vassilii_Matveievitch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1794-04-02"
deathDate: "1871-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335061333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Черняєв Василь Матвійович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilii_Czernajew"
    title: "Vassilii Czernajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Cherni%C3%A1yev"
    title: "Vasili Cherniáyev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilj_Matvijovi%C4%8D_%C4%8Cernjajev"
    title: "Vasilj Matvijovič Černjajev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilij_Czerniajew"
    title: "Wasilij Czerniajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Черняев, Василий Матвеевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili%C4%AD_Matveievitch_Czernajew"
    title: "Vassiliĭ Matveievitch Czernajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2025548"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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