Biography:Anatoly Filipchenko

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Short description: Soviet cosmonaut (1928–2022)
Anatoly Filipchenko
Born
Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died7 August 2022(2022-08-07) (aged 94)
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)
Space career
Cosmonaut
RankMajor General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
10d 21h 03m
SelectionAir Force Group 2
Missions
Mission insignia
Soyuz 16Apollo-Soyuz.png

Major General Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko[lower-alpha 1] (26 February 1928 – 7 August 2022) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.

He was born in Davydovka, Voronezh Governorate, RSFSR.[1] After leaving the space programme in 1982, Filipchenko became the deputy director of the OKB in Kharkiv.[1] He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 94.[2] He was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 11 August 2022.[3]

Awards

  • Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Order of Lenin
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
  • State Prize of the USSR
  • Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
  • Order of the Banner of the Bulgarian People's Republic
  • Medal "For the Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Czechoslovakia)
  • Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (GDR)

Notes

  1. Ukrainian: Анатолій Васильович Філіпченко, Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Филипченко

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