# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-mikhaylovich-petrov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:40:36.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-mikhaylovich-petrov"
name: "Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov"
slug: "vladimir-mikhaylovich-petrov"
description: "Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov was a Soviet spy who defected to Australia in 1954 with his wife Evdokia, in what became known as the Petrov Affair."
tagline: "Soviet intelligence officer, defected to Australia (1907-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir_Petrov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1907-02-15"
deathDate: "1991-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.294530666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%AB%D6%80_%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BE_(%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%BF)"
    title: "Վլադիմիր Պետրով (դիվանագետ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Petrov_(diplomat)"
    title: "Vladimir Petrov (diplomat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Petrov_(diplomat)"
    title: "Vladimir Petrov (diplomat)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Петров Володимир Михайлович (чекіст)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimirs_Petrovs_(diplom%C4%81ts)"
    title: "Vladimirs Petrovs (diplomāts)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Петров, Владимир Михайлович (чекист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4360751"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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