Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich (Russian: Юрий Александрович Сенкевич) (March 4, 1937 in Choibalsan, Mongolia – September 25, 2003 in Moscow, Russia[1]) was a Soviet physician, scientist, and Candidate of Sciences (PhD equivalent degree).

On June 1, 1965, he was selected into Medical Group 2 (along with Yevgeni Illyin, Aleksandr Kiselyov) for the long-duration Voskhod flights in space, all of which were subsequently canceled to make way for the Soviet Moon program.

In 1973, Senkevich began his career as a host of the "Travelers' Club" (Клуб путешественников), a show on Soviet Central Television.

Yuri Senkevich is in the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's longest serving TV anchorman".

[4][5] The species Spinturnix senkevitchi is named in honor of Dr. Yuri A. Senkevitch (described by Maria Orlova and Nikolay Anisimov, leg.