Valentin Knysh

{{Short description|Russian politician (1937–2022)}}

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| birth_name = Valentin Filippovich Knysh

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|09|20}}

| birth_place = Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Far Eastern Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|03|04|1937|09|20}}

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| nationality = Russian

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| education = {{ill|Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy|ru|Амурский гуманитарно-педагогический государственный университет}}

| party = KPRF

| office = Member of the State Duma

| term_start = 17 December 1995

| term_end = 29 December 2003

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Valentin Filippovich Knysh ({{langx|ru|Валентин Филиппович Кныш}}; 20 September 1937 – 4 March 2022) was a Russian politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, he served in the State Duma from 1995 to 2003.{{cite web|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/deputies/2/|title=Состав Государственной Думы второго созыва|work=State Duma|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212211341/http://duma.gov.ru/duma/deputies/2/|archivedate=12 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/deputies/3/|title=Состав Государственной Думы третьего созыва|work=State Duma|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212211402/http://duma.gov.ru/duma/deputies/3/|archivedate=12 February 2022}}

Knysh died on 4 March 2022, at the age of 84.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 March 2022|title=В Хабаровске скончался бывший депутат Госдумы Валентин Кныш|trans-title= |url=http://www.debri-dv.ru/article/30269/v_habarovske_skonchalsya_byvshiy_deputat_gosdumy__valentin_knysh|language=Russian|work=debri-dv.ru|location= |access-date=6 March 2022}}