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Born April 27, 1942 • Tula • Russia
Died September 19, 2022 (aged 80)

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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
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Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
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Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov.
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov
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Yelena Kondakova.
Yelena Kondakova
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Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
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Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
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Boris Borisovich Yegorov
Soviet physician
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
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British chemist and astronaut
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Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg
Sergey Volkov
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Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
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Valentina Tereshkova
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Bykovsky, 1963
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