# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-melkumov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:46.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-melkumov"
name: "Yakov Melkumov"
slug: "yakov-melkumov"
description: "Yakov Arkadievich Melkumov was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin. He fought in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. He particularly distinguished himself during the Russian Civil War fighting against the Basmachi movement on the Turkestan Front. He is known for commanding the unit that killed the former Ottoman general who had commanded the Basmachi rebels, Enver Pasha, who was one of the main architects of the Armenian genocide."
tagline: "Soviet military commander (1885–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1885-12-12"
deathDate: "1962-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             4.277566539923955
  historical:           7.290504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاکوپ ملکومیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Յակոբ Մելքումեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мелькумов, Яков Аркадьевич"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Melkumov"
    title: "Yakov Melkumov"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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