Yuri Abramovich Explained

Yuri Garrievich Abramovich
Native Name:Юрий Гарриевич Абрамович
Birth Date:5 September 1935
Birth Place:Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Death Date:28 February 2017 (aged 81)
Death Place:Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Branch: Soviet Air Force
Rank:Senior lieutenant
Awards:Hero of the Russian Federation

Yuri Garrievich Abramovich (Russian: Юрий Гарриевич Абрамович; 5 September 1935 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR – 28 February 2017 in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia) was a test pilot of the Moscow Aviation Industrial Association (MAIA).

Abramovich graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute in 1959. From 1965 to 1995 Abramovich worked as a test pilot at aviation enterprise "Znamya Truda" (now named MAIA) in Lukhovitsy town in Moscow Oblast. He tested several supersonic fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, Mikoyan MiG-29 and their modifications, and participated in testing the Ilyushin Il-103 light multipurpose aircraft.

On 1 March 1996 Abramovich was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation "for courage and heroism shown during the testing of new aviation technology".[1]

He lived in the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, and works as deputy head of the aviation testing complex of MAIA for flight work. He was an ethnic Jew.

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  1. Президент Российской Федерации. Указ. 314. 01.03.1996. О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации работников предприятий, учреждений и организаций оборонных отраслей промышленности. Web site: Archived copy . September 2, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604012634/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=075341 . June 4, 2011 . . President of Russia. Ukaz. 314. 1 March 1996. On the conferring of state awards of the Russian Federation to employees of enterprises, agencies and defence industry organisations. Web site: Archived copy . September 2, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604012634/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=075341 . June 4, 2011 . .