Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Yuri Anatoliyevich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 24.03.1932 |
| Birthplace: | Kadaya, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | 22.03.1972 |
| Selection group: | TsKBEM-2 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 11.04.1983 |
| Date of death: | 13.04.2005 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz 13 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz 18 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute with
a pilot-engineer's degree, 1957; was selected as cosmonaut on 22.03.1972 (TsKBEM-2); was assigned as double for e.g.
Soyuz 13 and
Soyuz 18; married to cosmonaut Valentina
Ponomaryova; later he worked for the Russian
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