# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-strelnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:58:21.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-strelnikov"
name: "Vasily Strelnikov"
slug: "vasily-strelnikov"
description: "Vasily Borisovic Strelnikov is a Russian-American New York City-born VJ and DJ most commonly known to the Boomerang Generation as the voice behind MTV Russia from 1998 to 2002. Strelnikov's popularity was at its peak when he hosted the morning show Weekend's Whim. He is currently associated with Radio Mayak."
tagline: "Russian broadcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1962-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             0.7189542483660128
  historical:           5.802669333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/bigpodcast"
    handle:    "bigpodcast"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kolbaskin/"
    handle:    "kolbaskin"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3443058/"
    handle:    "nm3443058"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.strelnikov.tv/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1985581"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "ڤاسيلى ستريلنيكوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Strelnikov"
    title: "Vasily Strelnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Strelnikov"
    title: "Vasily Strelnikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Стрельников, Василий Борисович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/196d15b8-6d27-4af4-bcf5-c3d1689f10f5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4443800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2665561"
    title: "Vasiliy Strelnikov"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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