Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (, born 8 January 1942) is a retired Soviet 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. Awards 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" (Russian Federation) References 1942 births Living people People from Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Soviet cosmonauts Heroes of the Soviet Union Soviet Air Force officers Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"