Anatoly Filipchenko

{{Short description|Soviet cosmonaut (1928–2022)}}

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{{Infobox astronaut

| name = Anatoly Filipchenko

| native_name = {{Plainlist|

• {{Nobold|{{Native name|uk|Анатолій Філіпченко}}}}
• {{Nobold|{{Native name|ru|Анатолий Филипченко}}}}

}}

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| caption =

| type = Cosmonaut

| nationality = Soviet

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|02|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|08|07|1928|02|26|df=y}}

| death_place =

| occupation = Pilot

| rank = Major General, Soviet Air Force

| selection = Air Force Group 2

| time = 10d 21h 03m

| mission = {{Plainlist|

• Soyuz 7
• Soyuz 16

}}

| insignia = 30px

| awards = Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)

|}}

Major General Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko{{Efn|{{Langx|uk|Анатолій Васильович Філіпченко}}, {{Langx|ru|Анатолий Васильевич Филипченко}}}} (26 February 1928 – 7 August 2022) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.

He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR. After leaving the space programme in 1982, Filipchenko became the deputy director of the OKB in Kharkiv.{{Cite web |url=https://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/filipchenko_anatoli.htm |title=Cosmonaut Biography: Anatoli Filipchenko |website=spacefacts.de |access-date=8 August 2022}} He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 94.{{Cite news |date=8 August 2022 |title=Умер советский космонавт Анатолий Филипченко |trans-title=Died Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko |url=https://www.roscosmos.ru/38066/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=Roscosmos |language=ru}} He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 11 August 2022.{{cite web|first=Yevgeny|last=Rumyantsev |url=http://sm.evg-rumjantsev.ru/cosmonavty_tspk/filipchenko-anatolij-vasilievich-pokhorony.html|title=Сайт "Космический мемориал"|language=ru|date=11 August 2022|accessdate=7 February 2023}}