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Mikhail Shvydkoi

Person of interest · Politician

Mikhail Shvydkoi is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Michail Efimovitsj Sjvydkoj · Michail Efimovič Švydkoj · Michail Jefimowitsch Schwydkoi · Mihail Şvıdkoy · Mihhail Švõdkoi · 11 more...				[sources]
Alias	Michail Schwydkoi · Mihail Yefimoviç Şvıdkoy · Mikhail Efimovich Shvydkoi · Mikhail Jefimovitsj Sjvydkoj · Михаи́л Ефи́мович Швыдко́й · 7 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Schwydkoi				[sources]
Birth date	1948-09-05				[sources]
Place of birth	Kant				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	Mikhail				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q827054				[sources]
Position	Minister of Culture (2000-2004)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Sciences in History of art · Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (-1971)				[sources]
Religion	atheism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-02-15

Descriptions

Deputy Chairman of the Civic Chamber of Moscow - a collegiate public body that imitates public support for the actions of the Russian authorities in the capital of the Russian Federation.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-02-15

Russian art historian

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Andrey Ikov Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Marina Polyak Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of the Russian Federation	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,027

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,516

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

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Wikidata353,705

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: acf-5e2013993022dfb4782a9782a9aa572e51165dd4 · acf-444fcb752f0897f3cfa39975f76f0cb1ea4d0938

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