# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-afanasyev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:45:05.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-afanasyev"
name: "Viktor Afanasyev"
slug: "viktor-afanasyev"
description: "Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyeva, born in 1952. They have two children. His father, Mikhail Z. Afanasyev, is deceased. His mother, Marya S. Afanasyeva, resides in Merkulyevo, Bryansk region, Russia. His recreational interests include football, swimming, and tourism. He considers his favorite meal to be borscht."
tagline: "Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and military pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor_Afanasyev_(24-04-2022)_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1948-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.024408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wiktor Afanasjew (kosmonauta)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump