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Vyacheslav Zudov
Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (Russian:
Vyacheslav Zudov
Вячесла́в Дми́триевич Зу́дов, 8 January 1942 – 12
June 2024) was a Soviet cosmonaut. Вячеслав Зудов

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.[1] He was
married and had two children. Zudov died on 12
June 2024, at the age of 82.[2] Zudov (left) and Valery Rozhdestvensky on a
1977 Soviet stamp

Awards Born 8 January 1942

Bor, Russian SFSR, Soviet
Hero of the Soviet Union Union
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Died 12 June 2024 (aged 82)
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Occupation Pilot
Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Space career
Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Soviet cosmonaut
Lenin"
Rank Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of
the USSR" Time in 2d 00h 06m
space
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian
Federation) Selection Air Force Group 3
Missions Soyuz 23
References Retirement 14 May 1987

1. Zudov (http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/zudov_vyacheslav.htm).
Spacefacts.de. Retrieved on 15 July 2014.
2. "Умер участник нештатной посадки "Союза-23" Вячеслав Зудов" (https://tass.ru/kosmos/2
1085393). TACC (in Russian). Retrieved 13 June 2024.

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