Vyacheslav Zudov
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Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (Template:Langx, 8 January 1942 – 12 June 2024) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Biography
Zudov was selected as a cosmonaut on 23 October 1965, flew as commander on Soyuz 23 on 14–16 October 1976, and retired on 14 May 1987.<ref>Zudov. Spacefacts.de. Retrieved on 15 July 2014.</ref> He was married and had two children. Zudov died on 12 June 2024, at the age of 82.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 14 June.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)
References
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