Yuri Bychkov

Yuri Alexandrovich Bychkov (; September 1, 1931 – April 18, 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 April 18, 2016.