What is Pavel Chekov?
[[File:Walter Koenig Star Trek.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Pavel Chekov as he appears in ''Star Trek''.]] '''Pavel Andreievich Chekov''' is a [[fictional character]] in the [[television series|television]] and [[movie]] [[franchise]] ''[[Star Trek]]''. He is a navigator on the [[spacecraft|Starship]] [[USS Enterprise (Star Trek)|''Enterprise'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/chekov.htm|title=Russian Crewlette|work=[[Urban Legends Reference Pages]]|date=2005-04-11|author=Barbara and David P. Mikkelson}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Gilligan Unbound: Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization|url=https://archive.org/details/gilliganunboundp0000cant|author=Paul A. Cantor|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gilliganunboundp0000cant/page/222 222]|year=2001|publisher=Rowman &amp; Littlefield|isbn=0-7425-0779-3}}</ref> Chekov is played by [[actor]] [[Walter Koenig]] in ''The Original Series'' and by [[Anton Yelchin]] in the three ''Kelvin Timeline'' movies before his death in 2016. == Chekov Early Life == Pavel Chekov was played by [[Walter Koenig]] in The Original Series and was an awesome actor for the roll. Chekov was born in 2245 in Pushkino, in the Russian Federation on Earth. When he was 17 he joined Starfleet Academy, hoping one day he would have command of his own starship. He eventually made it through the academy. == Chekov TOS Years == Chekov started as an ensign on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)]] ==References== {{reflist}} == Sources == [http://old.trekipedia.com/file/chekov_pavel/#:~:text=Pavel%20Andreievich%20Chekov%2C%20an%20only,eventual%20command%20of%20a%20starship. Chekov, Pavel - » TrekipediaTrekipediahttp://old.trekipedia.com › file › chekov_pavel] {{tv-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chekov, Pavel}} [[Category:Star Trek: The Original Series characters]] [[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1966]]