Fyodor Filippovich Konyukhov was born on December 12, 1951 in the village of Chkalovo. At the same time, he is an exemplary family man, a loving husband and father.
Ever since childhood, Fedor Konyukhov understood that he would not be able to sit in one place. At this point in time, on account of him: five round the world voyages, 17 times he crossed the Atlantic, one of which was on a rowboat. The traveler is the first Russian to visit the "Seven Summits", while without any team, alone, he visited the South and North Poles. Has a national award "Crystal Compass" for his merits, is also included in the Guinness Book of Records and is known all over the world.
Education. First expeditions
Fedor graduated from vocational school No. 15 of the city of Bobruisk: specialty - a carver-constructor. He did not stop there and decided to enter the Odessa Naval School as a navigator, later at the Leningrad Arctic School, already as a ship mechanic. And later to the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary.
The traveler chose the Azov Sea as the beginning of his long journey: at the age of 15, he crosses it on a rowboat. Then, in 1998, he became the head of the laboratory for distance learning in extreme conditions of the Modern Humanitarian Academy in Moscow.
In 1983 he joined the Union of Artists of the USSR. In 2012 he became an academician of the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2010, Konyukhov went to Ethiopia to plot a route for tourist organizations. On May 19, 2012, a team from Russia called "Seven Summits" gathers, which for the second time conquers Everest along the Northern Ridge. The expedition ends successfully. In 2013, Fedor plans a dog sledding expedition: the path was supposed to run through Karelia to Greenland and the North Pole. The team covered 900 km. From December 2013 to May 2014, Konyukhov travels across the Pacific Ocean on the Turgoyak boat: from Chile to Australia. It takes him 160 days, and he sailed alone. Fedor set a record as he became the first person to cross the ocean from continent to continent in a rowboat. By 2016, he has already completed more than fifty expeditions and ascents. On their basis, he writes paintings and books (18 pieces). On July 12, 2016, the traveler decides to go on a round-the-world trip: flight in the Morton hot air balloon. From Austria to Australia within 11 days, he reaches the goal. In 2018-2019, he again goes on a round-the-world trip on a rowboat.
Spiritual activity. Achievements
Despite all his travels, Fyodor becomes a subdeacon. Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, Volodymyr, performs the ordination in Zaporozhye.
Konyukhov is the first person in the world who was able to reach all five poles of the Earth, three times he reached the North Pole. The first Russian person to complete the Grand Slam program, which consisted of the North and South Poles, Cape Horn and Chomolungma. Crossed the Atlantic Ocean alone in 46 days. Without stopping, on a yacht, he traveled around the world. As you can see, it was in solitude that the traveler loved to spend his time and set records. Why this is so is not known. In a hot air balloon - hot air balloon, B&N Bank Premium broke the world record for non-stop flight in 2017. In May 2019, it crosses the longitude of the Chilean island of Diego Ramirez, as a result, becomes the first in history who was able to cross the entire Southern Ocean by boat alone.
Currently, Konyukhov also has his own creative workshop, which is located in Moscow on Sadovnicheskaya Street. There he erected a chapel to remind people of the lost sailors.
Children of Fyodor Konyukhov. Traveler's personal life
It would seem that it is extremely difficult to start a family with such a way of life, like that of a traveler, but even here Fedor beats all the stereotypes. He has three children and already six grandchildren. The first wife of Konyukhov was Lyubov, who currently lives in America with her daughter, Tatyana. Their eldest son, Oscar, is the head of the All-Russian Sailing Federation. Children are undeniably proud of their father.
Irina Anatolyevna, a lawyer, an expert in international law and a doctor of legal sciences, became Fedor's second wife. She already has two children from a previous marriage, but in 2005 she gave birth to a son, Nikolai, from Konyukhov. The acquaintance of the future spouses happened back in 1995. Irina was not afraid of Konyukhova's hobbies, she fully supports her husband in his travels. For his sake, she even resigned from her post at the UN in the European Parliament. Irina herself, in 2004, traveled across the Atlantic with Fedor, but their ship was caught in a storm. No harm done.
Irina Konyukhova even wrote her diary book, which she made notes on for 20 years, while she was waiting for her husband from long travels.
Fedor's grandchildren, Philip, Arkady, Ethan, Blake, Pauline and Kate, are also not against the fact that grandfather conquers the oceans and air spaces.
In the photographs, you can see how all the children and grandchildren look like their father. The family loves to play sports, they are very purposeful.
Since 1998, Fedor has been teaching young followers, working at the Department of Distance Learning. Teaches people how to survive in difficult conditions. Konyukhov's new goal is a flight to Mars.
