Valeriy Makrushin

Valeriy Grigoryevich Makrushin (Макрушин, Валерий Григорьевич ) (born 14 January 1940, died 2003 ) was a cosmonaut for the Soviet Union.

Soviet space program
Makrushin joined the Chelomey Design Bureau after graduating from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation in 1963. He was recruited to a cosmonaut team on March 22, 1972 and was one of the first cosmonauts selected from this design bureau. He became the head of the Chelomey OKB-52 Mashinostroyeniya cosmonaut team until it was disbanded on April 8, 1987. Makrushin then worked on the Almaz military program with the design bureau until his retirement.