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Boris Volynov

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Soviet cosmonaut

ScientistsBorn 1934 · age 91
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Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Russian former cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soviet Union's Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts.

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Yuri Gagarin (left) and Boris Volynov (right) on picnic in DolgoprudnyYuri Gagarin (left) and Boris Volynov (right) on picnic in DolgoprudnyBoris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov (right) on a 1976 U.S.S.R. postage stamp.Boris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov (right) on a 1976 U.S.S.R. postage stamp.Russian president Dmitri Medvedev awards Volynov with the Order of Friendship on 12 April 2011 (Cosmonautics Day)Russian president Dmitri Medvedev awards Volynov with the Order of Friendship on 12 April 2011 (Cosmonautics Day)

Awards 32

2024Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
2011Order of Friendship
2000Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
1990Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
1977Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
1976Order of Lenin
1976Hero of the Soviet Union
1976Gold Star medal
1973Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
1969Order of Lenin
1969Hero of the Soviet Union
1969Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
1969Gold Star medal
1961Order of the Red Star
Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"
Medal "For Strengthening Brotherhood in Arms"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
Order of Gagarin
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
honorary citizen of Moscow Oblast

Connected to Boris 6

Anton ShkaplerovAlso won Order of GagarinKasimirovich BorislavAlso won honorary citizen of Moscow OblastViktor GorbatkoAlso won Medal "For Strengthening Brotherhood in Arms"Nikolay Ivanovich KrylovAlso won Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"Vladimir LyakhovAlso won Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRAnatoly Petrovich AlexandrovAlso won Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"

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Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Russian former cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soviet Union's Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts. He is also considered to be the first Jew in space.

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Born 1934 · age 91
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