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.
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.