Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev

Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev (Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев) was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR on August 27, 1941. He studied in Taganrog's high school N24, 1949-1959. He was married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on May 7, 1967. He retired on July 20, 1988. He died on November 8, 1999 in Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation.

He was Commander of Soyuz T-2 (June 5–9, 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (April 3–11, 1984).

Honorary titles and awards

 * Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (June 16, 1980 and April 11, 1984)
 * Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (June 16, 1980)
 * Two Orders of Lenin (June 16, 1980 and April 11, 1984)
 * Ashoka Chakra Award (India, 1984)

Publications

 * Co-author of the book 'USSR-India. At Space Orbit'