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Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy
USSR Stamp 1983 Salyut7 Cosmonauts
Born April 11, 1942(1942-04-11) (age 82)
Place of birth Enem, RSFSR, USSR
Rank Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Awards Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Анатолий Николаевич Березовой) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.

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Berezovoy was born on April 11, 1942 in Enem, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR in a Ukrainian family. He is married with two children. He graduated from the Air Force Academy

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

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