Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov is a retired USSR cosmonaut. 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. Zudov is married and has two children. He was awarded: 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" 

January 8th, 1942 in Bor  /  Died:   Jun 12th, 2024 - aged 82