# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viktor-sarianidi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:30:14.707Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/viktor-sarianidi"
name: "Viktor Sarianidi"
slug: "viktor-sarianidi"
description: "Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi or Victor Sarigiannides was a Soviet archaeologist. He discovered the remains of a Bronze Age culture in the Karakum Desert in 1976. The culture came to be known as the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex."
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birthDate: "1929-09-23"
deathDate: "2013-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump