Marat Alykov

Marat Raviliyevich Alykov (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.

He has been awarded the title "Hero of the Russian Federation."