Anatoly Berezovoy Explained

Anatoly Berezovoy
Type:Cosmonaut
Nationality:Soviet
Russian
Birth Date:1942 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Enem, RSFSR, USSR
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Occupation:Pilot
Rank:Colonel, Soviet Air Force
Selection:Air Force Group 5
Evas:1
Eva Time:2 hours 33 minutes
Space Time:211 days 09 hours 04 minutes
Missions:Soyuz T-5 \Soyuz T-7
Awards:Hero of the Soviet Union

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Biography

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

On 27 April 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut. In 1982 he flew as Commander on Soyuz T-5 on the first mission to the Salyut 7 space station, returning to Earth on the Soyuz T-7 after 211 days 9 hours. He retired on 31 October 1992 due to age. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Deputy President of Russian Space Federation.

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