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Key facts
- Born
- Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko , ( 1934-12-03 ) 3 December 1934, Ventsy-Zarya , Azov-Black Sea Krai , Soviet Union
- Died
- 17 May 2017 (2017-05-17) (aged 82) , Moscow , Russia
- Resting place
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery , Moscow Oblast
- Occupation
- Pilot
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (2), Order of Lenin (3)
- Rank
- Major General , Soviet Air Force
- Time in space
- 30d 12h 47m
- Selection
- Air Force Group 1
- Missions
- Soyuz 7 , Soyuz 24 , Soyuz 37 / Soyuz 36
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Viktor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Krasnodar Krai
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- philatelist
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Viktor Gorbatko 2016.jpg
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- Commons category
- Viktor Gorbatko
- date of birth
- 1934-12-03
- time in space
- 43967
- member of
- First group of Soviet cosmonauts
- date of death
- 2017-05-17
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- place of burial
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of the crew of
- Soyuz 36
- P450
- Soyuz 36
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Encyclopedic overview
Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горбатко́; 3 December 1934 – 17 May 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viktor Gorbatko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.