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Also known as Boris Valentinovich Volynov

Soviet cosmonaut

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Within Vinony's link graph, Boris Volynov is referenced by 57 other articles, and connects out to Vitaly Zholobov, Kazakhstan and Russian.

It sits within the topics 1934 births, 1969 in spaceflight and Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.

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Born
Boris Valentinovich Volynov , ( 1934-12-18 ) 18 December 1934 (age 91) , Irkutsk , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation
Electrical Engineer
Status
Retired
Rank
Colonel , Soviet Air Force
Time in space
52d 07h 17m
Selection
Air Force Group 1
Missions
Soyuz 5 , Soyuz 21

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Boris
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russia
Place of birth
Irkutsk
Occupation
test pilot
Languages spoken
Russian
Military rank
colonel
Image
Boris Volynov 1963.jpg
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name in native language
Борис Валентинович Волынов
Commons category
Boris Volynov
date of birth
1934-12-18
time in space
75317
allegiance
Soviet Union
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Encyclopedic overview

Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Борис Валентинович Волынов; born 18 December 1934) is a Russian former cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soviet Union's Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts. He is also considered to be the first Jew in space.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boris Volynov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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