# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-abakumov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:37:38.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-abakumov"
name: "Viktor Abakumov"
slug: "viktor-abakumov"
description: "Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov was a high-level Soviet security official who from 1943 to 1946 was the head of SMERSH in the People's Commissariat of Defense, and from 1946 to 1951 of the Minister of State Security or MGB (ex-NKGB). He was removed from office and arrested in 1951 on charges of failing to investigate the Doctors' Plot. After the death of Joseph Stalin, Abakumov was tried for fabricating the Leningrad affair, sentenced to death and executed in 1954."
tagline: "Head of SMERSH, Russian Minister of State Security (1946–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor_Abakumov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1908-04-11"
deathDate: "1954-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.38034133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump