Anatoly Berezovoy
- Birth Date:
- 11.04.1942
- Death date:
- 20.09.2014
- Person's maiden name:
- Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy
- Extra names:
- Анатолий Березовой, Анатолий Николаевич Березовой
- Categories:
- Astronaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, Pilot
- Cemetery:
- Star City Cemetery
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)
Source: wikipedia.org
| Title | From | To | Images | Languages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | en, ru |
| Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Gieorgij Grieczko | Coworker | |
| 2 |  | Georgy Beregovoy | Coworker | |
| 3 |  | Alexei Leonov | Familiar |
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