# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasily-tarasyuk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:18:21.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasily-tarasyuk"
name: "Vasily Tarasyuk"
slug: "vasily-tarasyuk"
description: "Vasily Mikhailovich Tarasyuk was a member of the State Duma of Russia. He was a member of the LDPR, and was Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Natural Resources and Utilization. He previously served as chairman of a petroleum company. He drowned in the Dead Sea while on vacation in Israel."
tagline: "Russian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily_Mikhailovich_Tarasyuk_(November_30%2C_2015).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-10-10"
deathDate: "2017-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.12
  momentum:             11.42857142857143
  historical:           4.136969333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Tarasyuk"
    title: "Vasily Tarasyuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A7"
    title: "וסילי טארסיוק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8E%D0%BA%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Тарасюк, Василий Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Тарасюк Василь Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29883665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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