Anatoly Berezovoy

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Russian: Анатолий Николаевич Березовой; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Biography

Berezovoy was born in Enem, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSRin a Ukrainian family. He is married with two children and graduated from the Air Force Academy

On 27 April 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut and flew as Commander on Soyuz T-5. He retired on 31 October 1992 due to medical reasons after injuries he received as a victim of an armed robbery. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Deputy President Russian Space Federation.

Honours and awards

  Anatoly Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev on a 1983 Soviet stamp "211 days of working in space"

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Order of Lenin
• Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class
• Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation)
• Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
• Order "The Sun of Freedom" (Afghanistan)
• Kirti Chakra (India)