Yuri Koptev
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Beginning in 1965, he worked as an engineer at NPO Lavochkin.
Koptev is a Winner of the Golden Space Medal FAI (2000), a State Councillor of the Russian Federation, 1st class and was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd and 3rd classes.
Education
- 1957-1960 — Cadet of the Riga Civil Aviation Engineers Institute.
- 1960-1965 — A student of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.
International sanctions
On June 28, 2022, in connection with the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, he was included in the US sanctions list as a person associated with an important state-owned company for the government and the military-technical complex of the Russian Federation - Rostec[2] and the sanction list of the United Kingdom.
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2023 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[3]
References
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External links
- Conversations: Daniel S. Goldin and Yuri N. Koptev; Two Professional Cold Warriors Share a Vision of Life in Space By William J. Broad, The New York Times. Published: January 16, 1994
- NASA History Division - Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers, K-N
- Date set for Mir destruction, BBC News, 16 November 2000
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Russian engineers
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- People from Stavropol
- 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni
- Honoured Scientists of the Russian Federation
- Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology
- Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of Parasat
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
- Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
- Rostec
- Russian mechanical engineers
- Russian space program personnel
- Soviet mechanical engineers