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Alexey Leonov
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was eventually cancelled.
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science · Soviet cosmonaut (1934–2019) · military aviator · astronaut · painter · writer · fighter pilot · explorer · air force officer · airman · major general · aircraft pilot · also Alexey Leonov, Alexei Leonov, Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov, Aleksej Arhipovič Leonov, Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov, Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov
Born 30 May 1934 · Died 11 October 2019 · Q154269
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2019· 2 entries
Died 2019-10-11.
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2019).
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (2014).
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship (2011).
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Awarded Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (2011).
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2004· 2 entries
Leonov and former American astronaut David Scott began work on a dual memoir covering the history of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union
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“… ahead was the Crimea, and to my right lay the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains and the Volga River. When I raised my head I could see the Baltic Sea. Lenin once said the universe is endless in time and space. It is the best description of what I saw in those moments.”
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2000).
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1997· 1 entry
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize (1981).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979).
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1975· 3 entries
Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1975).
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Awarded Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class (1975).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1975).
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1968· 2 entries
Leonov was selected to be commander of a circumlunar Soyuz 7K-L1 flight
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Studied at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy (1968).
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1967· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of Military Valour (1967).
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1966· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Karl Marx (1966).
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Awarded Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1966).
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Awarded Hero of Labour (1966).
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In the town Balashov in the Saratov region, the A
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1965· 6 entries
Awarded Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1965).
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Awarded Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (1965).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria (1965).
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Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1965).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1965).
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Star (1961).
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1936· 2 entries
His father was arrested and declared an "enemy of the people"
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“He was not alone: many were being arrested. It was part of a conscientious drive by the authorities to eradicate anyone who showed too much independence or strength of character. These were the years of Stalin”
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-05-30.
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