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Soviet cosmonauts

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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the Space Race, he became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including his country's highest distinction: Hero of the Soviet Union.

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)

Svetlana Savitskaya

Soviet cosmonaut

Vladimir Komarov

Soviet cosmonaut (1927–1967)

Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2000)

Valeri Polyakov

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut

Andriyan Nikolayev

Soviet cosmonaut

Valery Bykovsky

Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2019)

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009)

Georgy Beregovoy

Soviet cosmonaut (1921-1995)

Sergei Krikalev

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev

Soviet cosmonaut (1925-1970)

Soviet Cosmonaut (1935-2014)

Konstantin Feoktistov

Soviet cosmonaut

Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2017)

Viktor Gorbatko

Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2017)

Vladimir Shatalov

Soviet cosmonaut

Vladislav Volkov

Soviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)

Boris Borisovich Yegorov

Soviet cosmonaut (1937–1994)

Vladimir Aksyonov

Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2024)

Georgy Dobrovolsky

Soviet cosmonaut (1928-1971)

Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017)

Viktor Patsayev

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–1971)

Evgeniy Vasilievich Khrunov

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2000)

Vitaly Sevastyanov

Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2010)

Vladimir Dzhanibekov

Soviet cosmonaut

Anatoly Berezovoy

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2014)

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1939–2022)

Soviet cosmonaut

Viktor Afanasyev

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and military pilot

Toktar Aubakirov

Soviet cosmonaut

Soviet cosmonaut (born 1944)

Soviet cosmonaut (1941-2010)

Soviet cosmonaut (1935-1997)

Aleksei Gubarev

Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2015)

Valeri Rozhdestvenski

Soviet cosmonaut (1939–2011)

Anatoly Filipchenko

Soviet cosmonaut (1928–2022)

Aleksandr Serebrov

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013)

Vyacheslav Zudov

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2024)

Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–2003)

Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov

Soviet cosmonaut

Vladimir Lyakhov

Soviet cosmonaut (1941–2018)

Soviet cosmonaut (1928–1990)

Vladimir Kovalyonok

Soviet cosmonaut

Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev

Soviet cosmonaut (1941-1999)

Aleksandr Viktorenko

Russian cosmonaut (1947–2023)

Vitaly Zholobov

Soviet cosmonaut and Ukrainian politician

Soviet cosmonaut (1926–1998)

Soviet cosmonaut

Aleksei Yeliseyev

Soviet cosmonaut

Vladimir Solovyov

Soviet cosmonaut

Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Soviet cosmonaut (1932–2002)

Viktor Savinykh

Soviet cosmonaut

Gennadi Strekalov

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and Ashoka Chakra recipient (1940–2004)

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–1998)

Soviet cosmonaut

Soviet cosmonaut (1939-2008)

Gennadi Sarafanov

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2005)

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov

Soviet cosmonaut

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut