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Mikhail Nikolayevich

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Personal data

Birthdate:  27.08.1932
Birthplace:  Feodosiya, Krim Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  one
Selection date:  12.04.1967
Selection group:  TsPK-4
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 20.04.1983
Date of death:  18.12.2019
Place of death:  Moscow, Russian Federation (?)

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Additional information

Graduated from Airforce Engineering Academy, doctorate degree (1987) and professor (since 1994) in space ballistic; Colonel, Soviet Airforce, Ret.; selected on 12.04.1967 (TsPK-4); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 18.08.1969; later he worked as trainer at the Gagarin Center; hobbies: bicycling, sailing and gliding.

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