Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Yuri Aleksandrovich |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 26.10.1926 |
| Birthplace: | Tomsk / Tomsk Oblast / Russian SFSR |
| Marital status: | married |
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| Selection date: | 27.07.1965 |
| Selection group: | Voskhod-2 |
| Position: | Research Cosmonaut (RC) |
| Status: | Ret. ??.??.1966 |
| Date of death: | 30.07.1983 |
| Place of death: | Moscow / Russian SFSR |
Spaceflights
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Additional information
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Journalist with Gostelradio; was selected in
June 1965 as cosmonaut candidate; no official cosmonaut training; later he
worked for the news report of Soviet television; he retired from this work
after a first heart attack in 1978 und worked as an author; died of
complications of a second heart attack. |
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