Marat Alykov
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Marat Raviliyevich Alykov (Russian: Марат Равильевич Алыков), born 20 August 1959 in Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast, is a Russian pilot.
Alykov, an ethnic Tatar, was born on 20 August 1959 in Kapustin Yar in the Akhtubinsky District of Astrakhan Oblast to a military family. He joined the Soviet Army in 1976, and in 1980 graduated from the Kachinsk Higher Military Aviation School.[1]
He has been awarded the title "Hero of the Russian Federation."[1]