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| Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko | |
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 Viktor Gorbatko in Vologda (2011 year) | |
| Born | December 3, 1934 |
| Place of birth | Ventsy-Zarya, Krasnodar Krai, USSR |
| Rank | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
| Awards |
Hero of the Soviet Union (2) Order of Lenin (2) |
Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горба́тко; born December 3, 1934) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.[1]
After leaving the space program in 1982 he taught at the Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow.
His multiple Soviet and Russian Federation awards include:
- Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Three Orders of Lenin
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders"
- Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
His foreign awards include:
- Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic
- Hero of Socialiat Labour (Vietnam)
- Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia)
- Order of Red Banner (Mongolia)
- Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"
- Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"
- Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"
- Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"
- Medal "40 years Khalkhin Golskoy Victory" (Mongolia)
- Medal "30 Years of Victory over Japan's Militarists" (Mongolia)
- Medal of Friendship (Mongolia)
- Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (East Germany)
- Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (Poland)
- Order of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
Viktor Gorbatko (left) and Yury Glazkov (right) on a 1977 U.S.S.R. postage stamp
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