# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zakhar-sorokin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:59:17.217Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zakhar-sorokin"
name: "Zakhar Sorokin"
slug: "zakhar-sorokin"
description: "Zakhar Artyomovich Sorokin was a Soviet fighter pilot and flying ace who flew in combat with prosthetic feet from 1943 to 1945, having lost his feet to frostbite in 1941 after crashing in tundra in his MiG-3. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of the British Empire for his perseverance, and after the war he wrote several memoirs."
tagline: "Soviet aviator (1917-1978)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Zakhar_Artyomovich_Sorokin.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-03-17"
deathDate: "1978-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.551369333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakhar_Artyomovich_Sorokin"
    title: "Zakhar Artyomovich Sorokin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "زاخار سوروكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakhar_Sorokin"
    title: "Zakhar Sorokin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zajar_Sorokin"
    title: "Zajar Sorokin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakhar_Sorokin"
    title: "Zakhar Sorokin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachar_Sorokin"
    title: "Zachar Sorokin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%91%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Сорокин, Захар Артёмович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4429188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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