Anatoly Berezovoy

Anatoly Berezovoy
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet Russian
Born	(1942-04-11)11 April 1942 Enem, RSFSR, USSR
Died	20 September 2014(2014-09-20) (aged 72) Moscow, Russia
Other occupation	Pilot
Rank	Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	211 days 09 hours 04 minutes
Selection	Air Force Group 5
Total EVAs	1
Total EVA time	2 hours 33 minutes
Missions	Soyuz T-5
Awards

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Biography

Berezovoy was born in Enem, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR in a Ukrainian family. He was married with two children and graduated from the Air Force Academy

On 27 April 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut. In 1982 he flew as Commander on Soyuz T-5 on the first mission to the Salyut 7 space station, returning to Earth on the Soyuz T-7 after 211 days 9 hours. He retired on 31 October 1992 due to age. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Deputy President of Russian Space Federation.

Honours and awards

Anatoly Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev on a 1983 Soviet stamp "211 days of working in space"

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Order of Lenin
• Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class
• Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)
• Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
• Order "The Sun of Freedom" (Afghanistan)
• Kirti Chakra (India)

External links

• Media related to Anatoly Berezovoy at Wikimedia Commons
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/astronauts/berez.html&br=braphic&cd=f&portal=vocals
• the official website of the city administration Baikonur – Honorary citizens of Baikonur