Vyacheslav Zudov

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

Vyacheslav Zudov
Вячеслав Зудов
Zudov (left) and Valery Rozhdestvensky on a 1977 Soviet stamp
Born	(1942-01-08)8 January 1942 Bor, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	12 June 2024(2024-06-12) (aged 82)
Occupation	Pilot
Space career
Soviet cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	2d 00h 06m
Selection	Air Force Group 3
Missions	Soyuz 23
Retirement	14 May 1987

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] He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 14 June.^[3]

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)