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Igor Volk

Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017) · Russia · On the map · Astronauts · Died at 79

Igor Petrovich Volk was a Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut in the Buran programme.

Igor Volk is read about 49 times a day, in 34 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2017Died3 January 20172011Gromov medalAwardMedal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Award1997Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classAward1990Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1984Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAwardPilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRAward1974Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Award1937Born12 April 1937

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Awards

Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"2011
Gromov medal2011
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class1997
Order of Friendship of Peoples1990
Order of Lenin1984
Hero of the Soviet Union1984
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR1984
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1974
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"1970
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Astronauts
Type
Astronaut
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2017 · aged 79

The same award as Igor

Arseny MironovBoth received Gromov medal

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