"There is a street in Zhukovsky city, named after Anatoly Grischenko. He is the hero of Russian Federation, honored flight-test pilot.
From 1959 to 1966 he was working as a chief engineer in the Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky. In 1966 he graduated from test pilot school. From March 1967 till January 1987 he worked as a test pilot in the Flight Research Institute.
During his work he tested "Mi" and "Ka" helicopters: Mi-1, Mi-2, Mi-4, Mi-8, Ka-26. For example, he took part in testing the transportation of heavy cargo with one or two Mi-26 helicopters. All in all, he flew more than 30 types of planes and helicopters and spent more than 5000 hours in air( more than a half of it - in test flights). Anatoly Grischenko took part in unique operation of transporting the "Buran" spaceship.
From 1976 till 1982 he worked as a pilot-instructor.
In August and September of 1986 he took part in liquidation of Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster. His helicopter descended three times lower than the critical radiation level. He was deadly irradiated, suffered from cancer and died in the hospital in Seattle, the USA on July 3, 1990. He was buried in Zhukovsky.
On February 27, in 1995, Russian president Boris Yeltsin signed an edict of awarding Grishenko with the title “Hero of Russian Federation”.
For professionalism Anatoly Grischenko is posthumously awarded with the sign “Lonely Hawk” ( The USA). His name is among 10 world aces, holders of the order “The Graviner Sword.”
-Zhukovsky School 14 Ahrameeva L. V
Grischenko street