Senkevich, Yuri Aleksandrovich
Person · Mongolia · Russia
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Russian physician cosmonaut, 1965-1966.
Medical Doctor. Graduated from Military Medical Academy, Leningrad, 1960. Candidate of medical sciences degree, 1975. Civilian Physician, Educated First Moscow Medical Institute. Doctor at IMBP. Participated in 1966 Antarctic-Expedition on behalf of the IMBP. In 1967 was a participant of Thor Heyerdahl's Ra Expedition, sailing from Africa to America in a reed boat. Later chief of a department at IMBP, Moscow. Retired in 1993. Later director of television soap opera "Travelclub", in which he also played the role of the doctor. Died in Moscow, Russian Federation.
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1937 March 4
- Birth of Dr Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich - . Nation: Mongolia, Russia. Related Persons: Senkevich. Russian physician cosmonaut, 1965-1966..
1965 June 1
- Voskhod Physician Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Ilyin, Kiselyov, Senkevich. The group was selected to provide trainees for planned Voskhod long-duration biomedical spaceflights to be made with a physician aboard..