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Oleg Grigoriyevich

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Personal data

Birthdate:  06.01.1933
Birthplace:  Udomlya, Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  27.05.1968
Selection group:  Korolyov-Group / Mishin-Group / TsKBEM-1
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 04.04.1986
Date of death:  28.05.2003
Place of death:  Moscow, Russian Federation

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz 12  Flight Engineer  27.09. - 29.09.1973 1d 23h 15m 
2  Soyuz 27 / Soyuz 26  Flight Engineer  10.01. - 16.01.1978 5d 22h 58m 
3  Soyuz T-3  Flight Engineer  27.11. - 10.12.1980 12d 19h 07m 
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7        
Total  20d 17h 20m 

Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz 17  Flight Engineer
2  Soyuz T-2  Flight Engineer

Suborbital Spaceflights above the Karman line (100 km)

No. Mission Position Date Duration
1  Soyuz 18A  Flight Engineer  05.04.1975 21m 27s 

Additional information

Graduated from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School, 1980 with a candidate of technical sciences degree; designer; was selected as cosmonaut on 27.05.1968 (TsKBEM-1); he was involved in the development of Vostok and Salyut space stations; was crewmember of the on 05.04.1975 aborted mission Soyuz 18A (together with Vasili Lazarev); hobbies: Chess, hockey, theatre, reading, traveling, since 1986 he worked again for NPOE.

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