Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (Russian: Вячесла́в Дми́триевич Зу́дов, born 8 January 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.

Vyacheslav Zudov
Vyacheslav Zudov (left) and Valery Rozhdestvensky on a 1977 Soviet stamp
Born	(1942-01-08) 8 January 1942 (age 80) Bor, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Pilot
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	2d 00h 06m
Selection	Air Force Group 3
Missions	Soyuz 23

He 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]

Zudov is married and has two children.

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)

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На других языках

[de] Wjatscheslaw Dmitrijewitsch Sudow

[fr] Viatcheslav Zoudov

[it] Vjačeslav Dmitrievič Zudov

[ru] Зудов, Вячеслав Дмитриевич