Georgy Shonin
Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін; 3 August 1935 – 7 April 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission.
Georgy Stepanovich Shonin | |
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| Born | 3 August 1935 |
| Died | 7 April 1997 (aged 61) Zvyozdny, Russia |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 4d 22h 42m |
| Selection | Air Force Group 1 |
| Missions | Soyuz 6 |
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space program in 1979 for medical reasons.
Shonin's family hid a Jewish family from the Nazis during WWII.[1]
Shonin later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).
He died of a heart attack in 1997.
Awards and honors
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the Red Star
- Ten commemorative medals
- Medal "25 Years of People's Power" (Bulgaria)
- Three medals from the Mongolian People's Republic
- Five medals from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
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