Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR / Russia. Born August 2, 1934 in g. Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow region. In 1955 he graduated the Kachin Military Aviation School behalf AF Myasnikov. In 1955 - 1960 he. served in the Fighter Regiment of the Moscow Air Defense District. In 1960, he was enrolled in the cosmonaut (1960 Group of the Air Force? 1).
Trained to fly on ships such as 'East'. He served as backup spacecraft commander during the flight Nikolayev on the ship "Vostok-3 '(11-15 August 1962). He made space flight as spacecraft commander of Vostok-5 '(14-19 June 1963). The flight lasted 4 days 23 hours 6 minutes. Then trained to fly on ships such as 'Union' of Soviet lunar program. He was appointed commander of the crew of the ship 'Soyuz-2', which was planned to start April 24, 1967. The flight program of the ship 'Soyuz-2' included docking with 'Soyuz-1' (launched April 23, 1967) and the transition of two crew members 'Soyuz-2' through open space in the ship 'Soyuz-1'. Due to technical problems encountered on the Soyuz-1 ', the launch of the ship' Soyuz-2 'was canceled. Second space flight made as commander of the ship 'Soyuz-22' (15-23 September 1976). The flight lasted 7 days 21 hours 52 minutes 17 seconds. Since 1977, trained to fly on ships such as 'Union' program 'Intercosmos'. Third flight into space made as the commander of the Soviet-German crew on the Soyuz-31 '(26 August - 3 September 1978). During the flight, the crew for a few days working on board the orbital station 'Salyut-6'. The flight lasted 7 days 20 hours 49 minutes 4 seconds. He served as backup commander of the Soviet-Vietnamese crew during the flight of the ship 'Soyuz-37' (23-31 July 1980). Over three flights flown in space 20 days 17 hours 47 minutes 21 seconds. In 1988 he resigned from the cosmonaut corps.
From 1988-1991. worked as director of the House of Soviet Science and Culture in Berlin. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star, the Labor Red Banner and medals. Hero of Labor of Vietnam. Hero of Socialist Labor of Bulgaria. Hero of the GDR. Awarded the Order of Karl Marx (GDR), the Order of the Cross of Grunwald I degree (Poland), the Order of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia II grade, other orders and medals of foreign countries. He was awarded a gold medal Tsiolkovsky Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Medal de Lavaux (FAI), a gold medal "For outstanding contrast 'and an honorary diploma of the Royal Swedish Aeroclub. Was elected an honorary citizen of the city of Kaluga, Rzhev (Russia), Burgas, Varna (Bulgaria), Sieradz (Poland).
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Photos
- Portrait. F. Autograph on Soviet Matchbox labels.
- Photo H. S. Khrushchev with astronauts, among them astronaut б? 5 - In. F. Bykovsky. Photos from the archives of the magazine Ogonyok ", б? 15, 1997
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