Yury Glazkov

Soviet cosmonaut (1939-2008) · Russia · On the map · Astronauts · Died at 69

Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force.

Yury Glazkov is read about 13 times a day, in 27 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Awards

USSR State Prize

Order of Lenin

Order of the Red Star

Hero of the Soviet Union

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

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR

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

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class

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 "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"

Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class

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"

Dostyk Order of grade II

Medal "For Strengthening Brotherhood in Arms"

State Prize of the Russian Federation

Country

Russia