Viktor Gorbatko

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Viktor Gorbatko : biography

December 3, 1934 –

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko ( born December 3, 1934) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.

After leaving the space program in 1982 he taught at the Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow.

His multiple Soviet and Russian Federation awards include:

  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
  • Three Orders of Lenin
  • Order of Friendship
  • Order of the Red Star
  • Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders"
  • Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
  • Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"

His foreign awards include:

  • Hero of the Mongolian People’s Republic
  • Hero of Socialiat Labour (Vietnam)
  • Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia)
  • Order of Red Banner (Mongolia)
  • Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People’s Revolution"
  • Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People’s Revolution"
  • Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People’s Army"
  • Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People’s Army"
  • Medal "40 years Khalkhin Golskoy Victory" (Mongolia)
  • Medal "30 Years of Victory over Japan’s Militarists" (Mongolia)
  • Medal of Friendship (Mongolia)
  • Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (East Germany)
  • Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (Poland)
  • Order of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)