Died 2004-07-03.
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Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it is considered the first Turkic cosmonaut.
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culture · Soviet cosmonaut (1929–2004) · aircraft pilot · astronaut · writer · also Andriyan Nikolayev, Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev, Andrian Grigoriyevich Nikolayev, Nikolayev
Born 5 September 1929 · Died 3 July 2004 · Q312474
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2004· 2 entries
Nikolayev died of a heart attack in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia in Russia
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1991· 1 entry
Won Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" (1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class (1988).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize (1981).
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976).
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1970· 3 entries
Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1970).
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Won Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal (1970).
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Won Gold Star medal (1970).
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1968· 1 entry
Studied at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy (1968).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1965).
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1964).
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1963· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (1963).
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1962· 5 entries
Won Gold Star medal (1962).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1962).
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Awarded Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (1962).
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Awarded Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1962).
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Aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Star (1961).
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1944· 1 entry
However this was not preferred by his mother, who preferred that he earn an education
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-09-05.
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