Artur Chilingarov

Artur Chilingarov
Артур Чилингаров
Chilingarov in 2019
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
5 October 2016 – 1 June 2024
In office
24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011
Russian Federation Senator from Tula Oblast
Representing the Executive
In office
14 November 2011 – 1 October 2014
Preceded byAnatoly Vaskov [ru]
Succeeded byYulia Veprintseva [ru]
Member of the State Duma for Nenets Autonomous Okrug
In office
11 January 1994 – 24 December 2007
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded by
ConstituencyNenets (No. 218)
Personal details
Born(1939-09-25)25 September 1939
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died1 June 2024(2024-06-01) (aged 84)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian Armenian
Political party
SpouseTatyana Chilingarova
Children
  • Nikolay
  • Ksenia
EducationLeningrad Higher Marine Engineering School (DSc)
Occupation
  • Scientist
  • Explorer
ReligionRussian Orthodox


Scientific career
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Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov (Russian: Артур Николаевич Чилингаров; 25 September 1939 – 1 June 2024) was an Armenian-Russian polar explorer, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1986 and the title of Hero of the Russian Federation in 2008. He was the president of State Polar Academy.

Chilingarov was a member of the United Russia party; he was a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 2011, and again from 2016 until his death in 2024[1] and was the representative of Tula Oblast in the Federation Council between 2011 and 2014.

  1. ^ Выборное правительство. Регионы распределены между министрами-единороссами (in Russian). Yarnovosti.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2014.