First name and last name | Anatoly Berezovoy |
Date of birth | 11.04.1942 |
Date of death | 20.09.2014 |
Nationality | Russian |
Space Agency | Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) (RFSA) |
Status | Dead |
Type of astronaut | Government agency |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Berezovoy |
Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 27 April 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut. In 1982 he flew as Commander on Soyuz T-5 on the first mission to the Salyut 7 space station, returning to Earth on the Soyuz T-7 after 211 days 9 hours. He retired on 31 October 1992 due to age. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Deputy President of Russian Space Federation.