# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-grebennikov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:02:50.123Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-grebennikov"
name: "Viktor Grebennikov"
slug: "viktor-grebennikov"
description: "Viktor Stepanovich Grebennikov was a self-proclaimed Russian scientist, biologist, entomologist and paranormal researcher best known for his claim to have invented a levitation platform which operated by attaching dead insect body parts to the underside. Grebennikov wrote detailed accounts of his experiences flying over the Russian countryside using his levitation device. These flying experiences as well as his reported observations of other paranormal phenomena, usually involving insect nests or parts, appear in his self-published book My World."
tagline: "Russian scientist, naturalist, entomologist and paranormal researcher (1927-2001)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-04-23"
deathDate: "2001-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.68
  momentum:             15.12358049432198
  historical:           5.775782666666667
  currentAttention:     18
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Grebennikov"
    title: "Viktor Grebennikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Stepanowitsch_Grebennikow"
    title: "Wiktor Stepanowitsch Grebennikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Grebennikov"
    title: "Viktor Grebennikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гребенников Віктор Степанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Grebennikov"
    title: "Viktor Grebennikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гребенников, Виктор Степанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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