What is Nikolay Antoshkin?
[[File:2019 Nikolay Antoshkin.jpg|right|200px]] '''Nikolay Timofeyevich Antoshkin''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Тимофеевич Антошкин}}; December 19, 1942 – January 17, 2021) was a [[Russia]]n<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=144&id=621274|title=Николай Антошкин, Герой Советского Союза|website=gov.cap.ru|language=ru|trans-title=Nikolay Antoshkin, Hero of the Soviet Union|access-date=2016-04-14}}</ref> [[Russian Air Force|Air Force]] [[colonel general]] and politician. He was born in [[Kuzminovka]], [[Soviet Union]]. He was known for being in charge over the [[Chernobyl disaster]] response. He was a member of the [[State Duma]] from 2014 until his death. He was a member of the [[United Russia]]. Antoshkin was a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]. Antoshkin died of [[COVID-19]] in [[Moscow]] on January 17, 2021 at the age of 78.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/world/europe/russia-antoshkin-chernobyl-obituary.html Nikolai Antoshkin, Who Helped Halt Chernobyl Disaster, Dies at 78]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Antoshkin, Nikolay}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Russian military people]] [[Category:Members of the State Duma]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow]] [[Category:Politicians from Bashkortostan]] {{bio-stub}}