Yuri Bychkov

Yuri Alexandrovich Bychkov (Юрий Александрович Бычков; 1 September 1931 – 18 April 2016) was an art historian, a member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, director of  writer's house museum Melikhovo in 1994-2004.

He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute.

Author of the idea, the pioneer of tourism Golden Ring. One of the founders VOOPIK (All-Russian Society for Historic Preservation and Cultural Organization).

He died in Moscow on 18 April 2016.