Zhukov Yuri
Zhukovyu
Yuri Averkovich Zhukov Russian Military Officer. Born 1933. Commander of Baikonur Cosmodrome 1983-1989.

Personal: Male.

Spent his entire career in the RVSN Strategic Rocket Forces, becoming First Deputy Commander of a Missile Army before being sent to the General Staff Academy. Thereafter commander at Baikonur, where he supervised flight test of a new generation of launch vehicles (Zenit-2, Energia, and Buran).


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Pervov, Mikhail, Raketnoye Oruzhiye RVSN, Violanta, Moscow, 1999.. Narrative overview of the missiles of the Russian strategic missile forces.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments.
Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site..
To contact astronauts or cosmonauts.

© Mark Wade, 1997 - 2007 except where otherwise noted.

 
Encyclopedia Astronautica
topic index
0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - Ra - Re - Sa - Sf - Sp - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z