Юрий Петрович (Артю́хин) Артюхин (1930-1998)

Юрий Петрович "Yuri" Артюхин formerly Артю́хин aka Artyukhin

Born 22 Jun 1930 in Pershutino, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Son of Пётр Павлович Артюхин and Aнна Васильевна (Рулина) Артюхинa

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of [private wife (1930s - unknown)]

[children unknown]

Died 4 Aug 1998 at age 68 in Zvyozdny Gorodok, Russia

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Biography

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Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (Ю́рий Петро́вич Артю́хин) born June 22, 1930, died August 4, 1998 was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space. Artyukhin graduated from the Soviet Air Force Institute with a doctorate in engineering, specializing in military communication systems. He was selected for the space programm in 1963 and would have flown on the Voskhod 3 mission had it not been cancelled. He made his single flight on Soyuz 14 in 1974, where his area of expertise was presumably put to good use.^[1]
His father Petro who served in the Air Force died in the first month on 7 July 1941 at the siege of Leningrad and Yuri had to help his mother bring up his younger brother.

He was married to Nina I. Lisovskaya and had two children, Sergei Y. and Vladimir Y. born 22 Apr 1964.^[2]

He left the space programme in 1982 and held various positions in space-related fields. Most notably, he was involved in the development of the Soviet space shuttle Buran and in cosmonaut training.

He died of cancer on 4 August 1998.

He was awarded:

Hero of the Soviet Union (20 July 1974) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Order of Lenin (20 July 1974) Order of the Red Star Gold Star (No 17406, 20 July 1974) Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" Jan Krasicki Cross (Poland)

He spent his retirement quietly going hunting, fishing and collecting books

He is buried in Leonikha Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia.^[3]