# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vyacheslav-ivankov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:42:16.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vyacheslav-ivankov"
name: "Vyacheslav Ivankov"
slug: "vyacheslav-ivankov"
description: "Vyacheslav Kirillovich Ivankov was a Russian mafia boss and thief in law who was believed to have connections with Russian state intelligence organizations and their organized crime partners. He operated in both the Soviet Union and the United States. His nickname, \"Yaponchik\" (Япончик), translates from Russian as \"Little Japanese\", due to his faintly Asian facial features."
tagline: "Russian mob boss (1940–2009)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1940-01-02"
deathDate: "2009-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.083492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wiaczesław Iwańkow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فياتشيسلاف ايفانكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vyaçeslav İvankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viatxeslav_Ivankov"
    title: "Viatxeslav Ivankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wjatscheslaw_Kirillowitsch_Iwankow"
    title: "Wjatscheslaw Kirillowitsch Iwankow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Ivankov"
    title: "Vyacheslav Ivankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viacheslav_Ivankov"
    title: "Viacheslav Ivankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vjat%C5%A1eslav_Ivankov"
    title: "Vjatšeslav Ivankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויאצ'סלב איוואנקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վյաչեսլավ Իվանկով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vjačeslav Ivan'kov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヴャチェスラーフ・イヴァニコーフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вјачеслав Иванков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiaczes%C5%82aw_Iwankow"
    title: "Wiaczesław Iwankow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иваньков, Вячеслав Кириллович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vjatjeslav_Ivankov"
    title: "Vjatjeslav Ivankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vjaceslav_Ivankov"
    title: "Vjaceslav Ivankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92'%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Іваньков В'ячеслав Кирилович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2621889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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