Yuri Senkevich

In 1960, he graduated from the Military Medical Academy in Leningrad. After his graduation, he received an assignment as a military doctor. In 1962, Senkevich started at the Ministry of Defence's Moscow Institute of Aviation and Cosmic Medicine. On June 1, 1965, he was selected into Medical Group 2 (along with Yevgeni Illyin, Aleksandr Kiselyov) for the long-duration Voskhod flights in space, all of which were subsequently canceled to make way for the Soviet Moon program. All three were dismissed at the beginning of the following year. He continued his career in that field at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Ministry of Public Health. From 1966 to 1967, he participated in the twelfth Soviet Antarctic expedition at Vostok station. In 1969, Thor Heyerdahl invited Senkevich to sail on the Ra papyrus boat, and later on Ra II in 1970. Senkevich also sailed on the Tigris across the Indian Ocean. In 1973, Senkevich began his career as a host of the "Travelers' Club" (Клуб путешественников), a show on Soviet Central Television. Over the following 30 years, he visited more than 200 countries as a journalist. For his lifetime contribution to television, he was awarded the "TEFI" prizeby the Russian Academy of Television in 1997. In the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's longest serving TV anchorman". He had a son, Nikolay Senkevich, who later became head of NTV. Senkevich died of heart failure.

Yuri Senkevich studied at S. Kirov Military Medical Academy. The recorded working language is Russian and English. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Order of the Badge of Honour.

• Name — Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich • Born — 4 March 1937 • Birthplace — Choibalsan, Mongolia • Died — 23 September 2003 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Occupation — scientist, TV presenter • Illustration — The crew of the reed boat Tigris in 1978. Thor Heyerdahl is sitting and on the right the Soviet doctor Yuriy Senkevich in yellow short trousers.

The species of mites (family Spinturnicidae) Spinturnix senkevitchi is named in honor of Dr. Yuri A. Senkevitch (described by Maria Orlova and Nikolay Anisimov, leg. V.S. Lebedev)

Yuri Senkevich was recorded at birth as Юрий Александрович Сенкевич. The authorities additionally record the headings Yury Senkevich, Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich and I︠U︡riĭ Senkevich.

Yuri Senkevich is recorded as having received USSR State Prize, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class and Order of Friendship of Peoples.