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Vladimir Ilyushin

Soviet and Russian test pilot (1927-2010) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 82

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.

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2010Died1 March 20101999Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd classAward1996State Prize of the Russian FederationAward1976Lenin PrizeAward1971Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1966Order of the Red BannerAward1964Order of the Red StarAward1960Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1957Order of the Badge of HonourAward1927Born31 March 1927

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Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class1999
State Prize of the Russian Federation1996
Lenin Prize1976
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1971
Order of the Red Banner1966
Order of the Red Star1964
Order of Lenin1960
Hero of the Soviet Union1960
Gold Star medal1960
Order of the Badge of Honour1957
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

About this person

After retiring from the space program, Ilyushin became a sports administrator and was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013.

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2010 · aged 82

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