# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-kazantsev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:15.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-kazantsev"
name: "Viktor Kazantsev"
slug: "viktor-kazantsev"
description: "General of the Army Viktor Germanovich Kazantsev was a Russian military officer and politician who was the envoy of the Russian president to the Southern Federal District from 2000 to 2004. He performed primary negotiations between the Russian government and the Chechen opposition. Decorated with the Hero of the Russian Federation title, he was involved in coordinating the government responses to various violent actions in Chechnya. Kazanstev was also involved in coordinating the rescue attempt during the Moscow theatre hostage situation, which took place in October 2002."
tagline: "Russian general (1946-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor_Kazantsev_2001_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-02-22"
deathDate: "2021-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.52840666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wiktor Germanowitsch Kasanzew"
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    title: "Viktor Kazantsev"
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    title: "Viktor Kazantsev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Kazancew"
    title: "Wiktor Kazancew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Казанцев, Виктор Германович"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump