Vladimir Ilyushin

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Soviet and Russian test pilot (1927-2010)

WritersLived 1927 to 2010 · aged 82

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Fame51.3

MomentumNot measured

Languages23

In century#25,674

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 35

1999Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

1996State Prize of the Russian Federation

1976Lenin Prize

1971Order of the Red Banner of Labour

1966Order of the Red Banner

1964Order of the Red Star

1960Order of Lenin

1960Hero of the Soviet Union

1960Gold Star medal

1957Order of the Badge of Honour

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Zhukov Medal

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class

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 "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

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"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

In their orbit 1

FatherSergey Ilyushin

Connected to Vladimir 6

Toktar AubakirovAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

Valentin VarennikovAlso won Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Georgi YumatovAlso won Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"

Nikolai MakarovAlso won Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"

Maria LimanskayaAlso won Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Vladimir KokkinakiAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

About this person

Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin was a Russian military officer and a test pilot in the former Soviet space program. Ilyushin was a son of the famous aviation designer Sergey Ilyushin, and whose career was mostly as a test pilot for the Sukhoi OKB. After retiring from the space program, Ilyushin became a sports administrator and was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013.