The farewell ceremony of legendary polar explorer and State Duma deputy Artur Chilingarov is taking place in Moscow. The coffin of the famous scientist and parliamentarian was brought to the Preobrazhensky Church of the Cathedral of Jesus the Savior in Moscow, "RIA Novosti" informed. Chilingarov died on June 1, at the age of 85, after a long and serious illness. After the farewell, the polar explorer will be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery. Artur Chilingarov is world famous. was awarded as a famous polar explorer, Arctic and Antarctic researcher, specialist in the field of oceanography. Chilingarov was born in 1939. on September 25 in Leningrad, his mother was Russian, his father was Armenian. He was a hero of the USSR and Russia, an academician, an honorary professor of several universities, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
In Moscow, they say goodbye to the polar explorer and State Duma deputy Artur Chilingarov
04.06 12:56 |
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