Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

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Anatoli Berezovoy

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Anatoli Nikolayevich

USSR

Personal data

Birthdate:  11.04.1942
Birthplace:  Enem, Adygei Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  27.04.1970
Selection group:  TsPK-5
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 31.10.1992
Date of death:  20.09.2014
Place of death:  Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz T-5 / Soyuz T-7  Commander  13.05. - 10.12.1982 211d 09h 04m 
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Total  211d 09h 04m 

Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz 23  Commander
2  Soyuz 24  Commander
3  Soyuz T-11  Commander
4  Soyuz TM-6  Commander

Additional information

Graduated from Air Force Academy; Colonel Soviet Air Force, Ret.; selected as cosmonaut on 27.04.1970 (TsPK-5); retired of medical reasons (after injuries he took as a victim in a armed robbery); from 1992 to 1999 Deputy President Russian Space Federation

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