Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-07-10 ) 10 July 1942 (age 83) , Kamaroŭka , BSSR , Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Pilot-cosmonaut
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (2) Order of Lenin (3) Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd class Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class
- Status
- Retired
- Rank
- Colonel General
- Time in space
- 78d 18h 17m
- Selection
- 1965 Cosmonaut Group
- Missions
- Soyuz 13 , Soyuz 18 , Soyuz 30
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Place of birth
- Kamaroŭka
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- V. I. Lenin Military-Political Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Military rank
- colonel general
- Image
- Klimuk.jpg
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- P450
- Salyut 4
- Commons category
- Piotr Klimuk
- date of birth
- 1942-07-10
- time in space
- 113417
- name in native language
- Пётр Ільіч Клімук
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Encyclopedic overview
Bust of Pyotr Klimuk on Cosmonauts Boulevard in Brest, Belarus Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільіч Клімук; Russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to travel in space. Klimuk made three flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Life
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