Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 11.09.1935 |
| Birthplace: | Verkhneye Zhilino, Altai Kraj, Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 07.03.1960 |
| Selection group: | TsPK-1 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | Ret. 17.06.1970 |
| Date of death: | 20.09.2000 |
| Place of death: | Moscow, Moscow (Gorod), Russian Federation |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Vostok 2 | Pilot Cosmonaut | 06.08. - 07.08.1961 | 1d 01h 18m |
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Vostok | Pilot Cosmonaut |
Additional information
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Graduated from Military Pilot School,
Novosibirsk, 1957; Colonel General and pilot, Soviet Air Force; was selected as
cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 18.01.1961; was
assigned as backup for Yuri
Gagarin (Vostok); then he graduated from Air Force
Engineering Academy, 1968 and from the Kharkov Test Pilot School, 1970; retired
from active cosmonaut duty on 17.06.1970; then he graduated in military
sciences; Candidate of technical sciences degree, 1980; Director, Startservice,
Ministry of Defense; since October 1991 retired; later Narodni Deputat, The
State's Duma of the Russian Federation; died of a carbon monoxide poisening.
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