Mars Zakirovich Rafikov (1960 Group)

Major, Soviet Air Force, test pilot; graduated from Higher Air Force School, Syzran, now Samara; was selected as cosmonaut on 28.04.1960 (TsPK-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/60 - 1961; was discharged of disciplinary reasons; served as pilot during the Afghanistan-war; later he was instructor pilot in DOSAAF-program. Died in July 2000.

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Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov (1960 Group)

Graduated from Higher Air Force School, 1954; Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Ret.; pilot, Soviet Air Force, Ret.; was selected as cosmonaut on 17.06.1960 (TsPK-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/60 - 1961; retired of medical reasons on 07.04.1961 to serve again as pilot of Soviet Air Force; since 1985 retired.

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Valentina Ponomaryova (1962 Group)

Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, 1957; graduated from Zhukovsky-Academy, Monino, 1967; candidate of technical sciences degree, 1974; was married to cosmonaut Yuri Ponomaryov; was selected from Air Forces as cosmonaut on 03.04.1962 (Vostok); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/62 - 29.11.1962; was assigned as Commander for Voskhod 4; later research scientist at Institute of Natural Historic Sciences.

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Irina Solovyova (1962 Group)

Colonel, Siviet Air Forces, Ret.; graduated from Sverdlovsk Polytechnical Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering, 1959; parachutist; was selected as cosmonaut from Soviet Air Force on 03.03.1962 (Vostok); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/62 - 29.11.1962; then graduated from Shukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Monino, 1967; was assigned as double for Vostok 6 and then for Voskhod 4; candidate of psychological sciences degree, 1980; in February 1988 she was a participant of an all female Antarctic-Expedition.

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Zhanna Sergeychik Yorkina (1962 Group)

Major, Russian Air Force, Res.; graduated from Pedagogic Institute, Ryasan, 1961; graduated from Zhukovsky Military Engineering Acdemy, Monino, 1969; Teacher (English) in Palkovo and parachutist; was selected in March 1962 from Air Force as cosmonaut (Vostok); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 4/62 - 29.11.1962; was assigned as double for Voskhod 4; later she worked at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center; retired from active military duty, 1989; since her marriage she has the family name: Sergeychik.

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Eduard Buynovski (1963 Group)

Graduated from Military Engineering Academy, 1973; Colonel, Russian Air Force, Ret.; was selected on 08.01.1963 as cosmonaut (TsPK-2); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/63 - 21.01.1965; resigned of medical reasons; later he was involved in the development of communications- and controlling systems within the Soviet Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Pyotr Kolodin (1963 Group)

Graduated from Military Academy of Engineering and Radioengineering, 1959; Officer of missile troups; was selected on 08.01.1965 (TsPK-2); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/63 - 21.01.1966; he was assigned for five different missions (e.g. Soyuz 11) but was always grounded; later he worked as flight controller; presently retired.

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Aleksandr Matinchenko (1963 Group)

Graduated from Higher Air Force School, 1962; Lieutenant Colonel, Res. and pilot, Soviet Air Force; he flew 25 missions during the Hungarian rebellion 1956; was selected as cosmonaut on 08.01.1963 (TsPK-2); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/63 - 21.01.1965; later he worked for Ministry of Aviation Industry; since February 1992 retired. Died in 18.06.1999.

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Lev Vorobyov (1963 Group)

Graduated from Military Pilot School, Bataisk, 1952, graduated from Air Force Military Academy, Monino, 1955; Colonel and pilot, Soviet Air Forces, Res.; was selected as cosmonaut on 08.01.1963 (TsPK-2); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 1/63 - 21.01.1965; he was assigned for Soyuz 13, but he and his crewmate flight engineer Yazdovsky had personal differences (prime crew was then grounded); retired on 28.06.1974 because of political differences; he currently works at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre; retired from active military duty, 1986.

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Georgi Katys (1964 Voskhod Group)

Candidate of technical sciences degree from Bauman Higher Technical School, Moscow, 1953; doctorate degree of technical sciences 1962; engineer; was selected as cosmonaut on 28.05.1964 and later Chief of AN-cosmonaut group; was assigned as backup for Voskhod 1; was involved in the development of Lunokhod, the Soviet Moon Rover; since 1984 Professor at Moscow Institute of Radio technics; he is also a member of the Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of Cosmonautics.

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Yaroslav Golovanov (1965 Voskhod Group)

Graduated from E.N. Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School, Moscow, 1956; Aviation engineer; joined newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda"; was selected in June 1965 as cosmonaut candidate; without official cosmonaut training; his last job was as science commentator for "Komsomolskaya Pravda". Died in May 2003.

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Boris Belousov (1965 Group)

Colonel, Air Force, Reserve; graduated from Military Engineering Academy, Leningrad, 1960; Test-engineer in Kapustin Yar and then in Baikonur; was selected on 28.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; retired on 05.01.1968 because of supposed weight problems (85 Kilograms); retired from Air Force 1981 und taught then Physics in the School of Monina. Died in June 1998.

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Gennadi Kolesnikov (1965 Group)

Graduated from Higher Air Force School of Engineering with a candidate of technical sciences degree, 1966; doctorate of military sciences degree, 1989; Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Ret.; was selected as cosmonaut on 23.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; retired of medical reasons; later he worked at Gagarin-Center; currently research scientist and professor at Air Force Academy, Monino; he is the author of more than 220 scientific papers.

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Mikhail Lisun (1965 Group)

Graduated from Military Engineering School in Moscow with an electronical engineering degree, 1956; Colonel, Soviet Air Force Res.; leader of shift in the satellite control facility of Soviet Ministry of Defense; was selected as cosmonaut on 23.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; was assigned as double for Soyuz 23 and Soyuz 24; later Deputy Director of Moscow Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics (Korolyov-Museum).

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Ansar Sharafutdinov (1965 Group)

Graduated from Kachinsk Military Pilot School, 1963; Pilot and Lietenant Colonel, Russian Air Forces, Res.; was selected as cosmonaut on 23.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; retired of medical reasons; retired from active military duty in 1985; later teacher at High School.

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Eduard Stepanov (1965 Group)

Graduated from Air Force Radiotechnical Engineering School, Kiev, 1959, with an engineering diploma; candidate of technical sciences degree, 1974; Colonel, Soviet Air Forces, Res.; was selected as cosmonaut on 23.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; he was involved in the development of the Buran-Spacecraft; after he retired in 1992 he worked again for the TsPK.

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Valeri Voloshin (1965 Group)

Graduated from Chernigov Higher Air Force School, 1963; graduated from Gagarin Air Force Military Academy, Monino, 1976; Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Res.; was selected as cosmonaut on 23.10.1965 (TsPK-3); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 11/65 - 12/67; he was involved in the Soviet Lunar Landing Program; retired of medical reasons; after several military assignments (Belarus, Iraq, Afghanistan) he worked at operational staff of the Military Academy, St.Petersburg; in 1994 he retired from active duty and became director of a construction company.

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Mikhail Burdayev (1967 Group)

Graduated from Airforce Engineering Academy, doctorate degree (1987) and professor (since 1994) in space ballistic; Colonel, Soviet Airforce, Ret.; selected on 12.04.1967 (TsPK-4); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 18.08.1969; later he worked as trainer at the Gagarin-Center; hobbies: bicycling, sailing and gliding.

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Gennadi Dolgopolov (1966 Group)

Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), 1959; Engineer; was selected on 23.05.1966 as cosmonaut (OKB-1); he retired of medical reasons; worked than at NPO Energiya.

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Sergei Gaydukov (1967 Group)

Graduated from Air Force Navigation School, 1957; Lieutenant Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Ret.; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.05.1967 (TsPK-4); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 18.08.1969; retired of medical reasons (injured during parachute training); later he worked as an engineer until 1988, when he retired from all work of medical reasons.

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Rudolf Gulyayev (1967 Group)

Research scientist at IZMIRAN; was selected on 22.05.1967 as cosmonaut (AN-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 8/68; retired of medical reasons; later he worked again as reasearch scientist at IZMIRAN.

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Ordinand Kolomitsev (1967 Group)

Research scientist at Academy of science; candidate of pyhsical-mathematical sciences degree, and doctorate degree 1968 and 1994, respectively; he was member of several Antarctic expeditions of the Soviet Station Vostok und was four years and four month in the Antarctic; was selected as cosmonaut on 22.05.1967 (AN-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 8/68; presently he workes at IZMIRAN.

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Nikolai Porvatkin (1967 Group)

Colonel, Soviet Air Forces Res.; graduated from Technical Air Force School, 1952; graduated from Shukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Monino, 1960; was selected as cosmonaut on 12.04.1967 (TsPK-4); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 18.08.1967; later he worked at NPOE.

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Valeri Yazdovsky (1968 Group)

Miner, then engineer; graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, 1954; was involved in the development of Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz-spacecrafts; was selected as cosmonaut on 27.05.1968 (TsKBEM-1); he was assigned as flight engineer on Soyuz 13; but he and his crewmate Commander Vorobiyov had personal differences (prime crew was then grounded) ; later engineer at NPOE; presently retired.

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Valentin Yershov (1967 Group)

Engineering diploma in aircraft engineering from Moscow Aviation Institute, 1953; scientist at the Academy of Sciences; was selected as cosmonaut on 22.05.1967 (AN-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 5/67 - 8/68; he was involved in the Soviet Lunar Landing Program; he locked out from cosmonaut training by TsPK-Director Beregowoy, because Yershov refused to become a member of the Communist Party; later Senior Scientist, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow; in 1982 he resigned from active duty and became a pensioner; he died on complications of cancer in 1998.

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