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 by	Anatoly Vaskov [ru]
Succeeded by	Yulia Veprintseva [ru]
Member of the State Duma for Nenets Autonomous Okrug
In office 11 January 1994 – 24 December 2007
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	constituencies abolished Sergey Kotkin (in 2016)
Constituency	Nenets (No. 218)
Personal details
Born	(1939-09-25)25 September 1939 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	1 June 2024(2024-06-01) (aged 84) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian Armenian
Political party	United Russia (2002–2024) Fatherland - All Russia (1998–2002) Ivan Rybkin Bloc (1995) Civic Union (1992–1994) Renewal
Spouse	Tatyana Chilingarova
Children	Nikolay Ksenia
Education	Leningrad Higher Marine Engineering School (DSc)
Occupation	Scientist Explorer
Religion	Russian Orthodox
Scientific career
Fields	Oceanography Meteorology Geography
Institutions	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute USSR Hydrometeorology State Committee Russian Academy of Science
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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.