# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitaly-s-smirnov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:48:17.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitaly-s-smirnov"
name: "Vitaly S. Smirnov"
slug: "vitaly-s-smirnov"
description: "Vitaly Stepanovich Smirnov was a Soviet and Belarusian diplomat. He served as the Soviet ambassador to Pakistan during the 1980s. His tenure was characterized by several notable events in Pakistan–USSR relations, including the Soviet–Afghan War and the Badaber uprising in Peshawar in 1985. Earlier, he was the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations (1967–1974)."
tagline: "Soviet diplomat (1930-2007)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-02-16"
deathDate: "2007-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.42
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.268502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vitaly Smirnov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A4"
    title: "ڤيتالى اس. سميرنوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смірнов Віталій Степанович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վիտալի Սմիռնով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82)"
    title: "Смирнов, Виталий Степанович (дипломат)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4424621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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