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Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Twenty-six years old at the time of…
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2026· 7 entries
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Valentina Tereshkova | Biography, Vostok 6, & Facts
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tradeflock.com: Valentina Tereshkova and the Untold Story Behind the First Woman in Space
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UPI: Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space
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Public attention spiked: 22,577 Wikipedia readers in one day, 28.1× the usual 803, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space” (UPI).
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Yahoo: On This Day in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova Became the First Woman in Space
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Public attention spiked: 6,302 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.8× the usual 803, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Correction: she remains the youngest woman to orbit Earth, but not the youngest above 100km after Blue Origin NS-26
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2023· 2 entries
UPI: On This Day: Soviets put first woman in space -- Valentina Tereshkova
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Awarded Order of Gagarin (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2022).
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Voted for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which led to numerous international sanctions against her
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2017· 4 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2017).
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Yahoo: Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space, Celebrated in London Exhibit
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Seattle Times: World’s 1st woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, turns 80
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TASS: Russia’s first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova turns 80
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2015· 2 entries
To move a monument to Tereshkova in Lviv, Ukraine to the Territory of Communist Terror Memorial Museum
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A short film entitled Valentina's Dream was released by Meat Bingo Productions
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2014· 1 entry
Futurism: Valentina Tereshkova: The First Woman in Space
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky (2013).
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship (2011).
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Was elected to the national State Duma as a member of the ruling United Russia party and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021
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Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2011).
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2008· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma (2008–2011).
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To her regional parliament, the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma
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2007· 3 entries
Wired: Valentina Tereshkova to Visit Washington DC for Sputnik Celebration, Sputnik-Mania Continues
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2007).
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Tereshkova was invited to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's residence in Novo-Ogaryovo for the celebration of her 70th birthday
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Honour (2003).
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Tereshkova ran again for a seat in the State Duma
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Tereshkova was portrayed by Apollonia Vanova in a 2003 made-for-TV movie of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
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1997· 3 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1997).
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Having attained the rank of major general
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London-based electronic pop group Komputer released a song entitled "Valentina" which describes her career as a cosmonaut
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: people's deputy of union of socialist soviet republics (1989–1991).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1987).
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1982· 1 entry
And Tereshkova married Yuli Shaposhnikov, a surgeon she had met during her medical examinations to re-qualify as a cosmonaut
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1981).
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1977· 6 entries
“One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.”
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“A Bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without active participation of women... If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?”
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“Opis: na posiedzeniu Politbiura KC KPZR, kończąc dyskusję nad wyborem pierwszej kosmonautki.”
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“Walentyna, Walentyna,Już gwiazd kraina ją dobrze zna,Były kwiaty dla Gagarina,A Walentyna twista ma!”
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“One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community.”
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“If I had money, I would enjoy flying to Mars... This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.”
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Sun of Peru (1974).
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Career landmark: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1974–1989).
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (1972).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1971).
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1969· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Culture (1969).
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Awarded Order of the Star of Jordan (1969).
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Studied at Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy (1969).
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Tereshkova remained in the space programme as a cosmonaut instructor
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1967· 1 entry
Gregory Postnikov created a sculpture of Tereshkova for Cosmonaut Alley in Moscow
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1966· 2 entries
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1966–1989).
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And a member of the Yaroslavl Soviet in 1967
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1965· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1965).
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Awarded Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1965).
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Volta (1964).
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1963· 14 entries
Awarded Order of Karl Marx (1963).
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Awarded Star of the Republic of Indonesia (1963).
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Awarded Order of Tri Shakti Patta (1963).
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Awarded Hero of Labour (1963).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria (1963).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia (1963).
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Awarded Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1963).
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Awarded Order of Klement Gottwald (1963).
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Awarded Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class (1963).
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Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1963).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1963).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1963).
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Awarded Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (1963).
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And seeing photos of Tereshkova in her spacesuit and helmet
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1961· 1 entry
Nikolai Kamanin, director of cosmonaut training, read in the American media that female pilots were training to be astronauts as part of Mercury 13
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-03-06.
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