Igor Tkachenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian military pilot
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Place of Birth: Ventsy, Russia
About Igor Tkachenko
- Igor Valentinovitch Tkachenko (Russian: ?´???? ???????´????? ?????´???, July 26, 1964 — August 16, 2009) was a Russian military pilot with the rank of Colonel, Russian Knights group leader, Chief of the 237th Guards Aviation Showing Center of the Russian Air Force at Kubinka air base.
- He was killed in a mid-air collision whilst practicing for the 2009 MAKS Airshow.He has been awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation honorary title posthumously, and the main-belt asteroid 269390 Igortkachenko, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin in 2009, was named in his memory.
- Naming citation was published on 19 September 2013 (M.P.C.
- 85018).
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