# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-pugachev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:46:00.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-pugachev"
name: "Viktor Pugachev"
slug: "viktor-pugachev"
description: "Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachev is a retired Russian Air Force officer and a former Soviet test pilot who was the first to demonstrate the so-called Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre to the general public in 1989, flying an Su-27. The Gold medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to him in the late 1980s. He graduated from the Yeysk Higher Military Order of Lenin Aviation School in 1970, test-pilot school in 1978 and the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1980. After two years with Gromov Flight Research Institute he joined OKB Sukhoi where he tested the Su-9, Su-15, Su-24, Su-25 and the Su-27. On 1 November 1989 he landed a Su-27K on an aircraft carrier for the first time in Soviet history. He became famous after his 1989 Su-27 demonstrations on the Paris Airshow. Pugachev is credited with first ever non-vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov."
tagline: "Soviet test pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%91%D0%B2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1948-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.680672268907562
  historical:           11.57829733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "维克托·普加乔夫"
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    title: "ڤيكتور پوجاتشيوڤ"
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    title: "Wiktor Georgijewitsch Pugatschow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Pugachev"
    title: "Viktor Pugachev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Pougatchev"
    title: "Viktor Pougatchev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Georgijevics_Pugacsov"
    title: "Viktor Georgijevics Pugacsov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Georgievich_Pugachev"
    title: "Viktor Georgievich Pugachev"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Georgievi%C4%8D_Puga%C4%8D%C3%ABv"
    title: "Viktor Georgievič Pugačëv"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Poegatsjov"
    title: "Viktor Poegatsjov"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktor_Pugaczow"
    title: "Wiktor Pugaczow"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Pugatchov"
    title: "Viktor Pugatchov"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%87%D1%91%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Пугачёв, Виктор Георгиевич"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump