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Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich (russian: Юрий Александрович Сенкевич) (March 4, 1937 in
Choibalsan,
Mongolia
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– September 25, 2003 in
Moscow
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, Russia) was a
Soviet
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doctor
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, and scientist. He is a
Candidate of Sciences
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(PhD equivalent degree). Became famous in the USSR and worldwide for his participation in the
Ra Expedition, in which he sailed together with
Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000&nb ...
.
Senkevich was born to
Russian
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parents in Mongolia. In 1960, he graduated from the
Military Medical Academy in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. After his graduation, he received an assignment as a military doctor. In 1962, Senkevich started at ''Moscow Institute of Aviation and Cosmic Medicine'' of the
Ministry of Defence
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. On June 1, 1965, he was selected into Medical Group 2 (along with Yevgeni Illyin, Aleksandr Kiselyov) for the long-duration
Voskhod flights in space, all of which were subsequently canceled to make way for the Soviet Moon program. All three were dismissed at the beginning of the following year. He continued his career in that field at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Ministry of Public Health. From 1966 to 1967, he participated in the 12th Soviet Antarctic expedition at
Vostok Vostok refers to east in Russian but may also refer to:
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* Vostok (rocket family), family of rockets derived from ...
station.
In 1969,
Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000&nb ...
invited Senkevich to sail on the ''Ra'' papyrus boat, and later on ''Ra II'' in 1970. Yuri Senkevich also sailed on the ''
Tigris
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'' across the
Indian Ocean
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.
In 1973, Senkevich began his career as a host of the "
Travelers' Club
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" (Клуб путешественников), a show on the
Soviet Central Television
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. During the 30 years, he visited as a journalist more than 200 countries. For his lifetime contribution to the television, he was awarded "
TEFI
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", a prize of
Russian Academy of Television
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, in 1997. Yuri Senkevich is in the ''
Guinness Book of Records
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'' as "the world's longest serving TV
anchorman
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".
He had a son, Nikolay Senkevich, who later became head of the
NTV channel. He died of
heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ...
.
В Новодевичьем монастыре состоялось отпевание Юрия Сенкевича
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References
External links
* ttp://www.astronaut.ru/as_rusia/imbp/text/senkevitch.htm?reload_coolmenus Astronaut.ru — Юрий Александрович Сенкевич
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1937 births
2003 deaths
Russian physicians
Russian explorers
Soviet military doctors
Russian and Soviet polar explorers
Soviet scientists
Soviet television presenters
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Russian television presenters
S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy alumni
20th-century Russian journalists