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Vladislav Volkov
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Soviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 1971
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Shagaem v nebo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1935-11-23 ) 23 November 1935, Moscow, Soviet Union
- Died
- 30 June 1971 (1971-06-30) (aged 35), Outer Space
- Resting place
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Occupation
- Engineer
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)
- Time in space
- 28d 17h 01m
- Selection
- Civilian Specialist Group 2, 1966
- Missions
- Soyuz 7 , Soyuz 11
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Volkov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- low Earth orbit
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Moscow Aviation Institute
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Vladislav Volkov.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-11-23
- date of death
- 1971-06-30
- Commons category
- Vladislav Volkov
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- manner of death
- accidental death
- time in space
- 41341
- cause of death
- decompression sickness
- name in native language
- Владислав Волков
- member of the crew of
- Soyuz 11
- P450
- Soyuz 11
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Encyclopedic overview
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; 23 November 1935 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally. Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, the only three people to have died in outer space.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vladislav Volkov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.