# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-cherkashin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:57:05.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-cherkashin"
name: "Victor Cherkashin"
slug: "victor-cherkashin"
description: "Victor Ivanovich Cherkashin is a former Soviet foreign counter-intelligence officer of the PGU KGB SSSR. He was the case officer for both Aldrich Ames, a CIA counter-intelligence officer, and Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent."
tagline: "Russian spy"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1932-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.743974666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoras_%C4%8Cerka%C5%A1inas"
    title: "Viktoras Čerkašinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيكتور تشيركاشين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Cherkashin"
    title: "Victor Cherkashin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Черкашин, Виктор Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tsjerkasjin"
    title: "Viktor Tsjerkasjin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Cherkashin"
    title: "Victor Cherkashin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1947897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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