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Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut. He is the record holder for the longest single stay in space, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months during one trip. His combined space experience was more than 22 months.
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science · Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1942–2022) · physician · astronaut · also Valeri Polyakov, Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov, Valery Polyakov, Polyakov
Born 27 April 1942 · Died 7 September 2022 · Q317792
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Died 2022-09-07.
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Published “Nonlinear Feedback Design for Fixed-Time Stabilization of Linear Control Systems” in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control — cited 5,025 times.
Won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (2011).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (1999).
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By cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev with a total of 747 days in space during three different missions
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Published “Gauge theory correlators from non-critical string theory” in Physics Letters B — cited 8,360 times.
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1996).
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Awarded Order of Parasat (1996).
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Awarded Hero of the Russian Federation (1995).
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Awarded Gold Star (1995).
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Won Gold Star medal (1989).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1989).
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Awarded Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (1989).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1989).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1989).
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Awarded Hero of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1988).
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Awarded Order of the Sun of Liberty (1988).
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Published “Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory” in Nuclear Physics B — cited 4,031 times.
Published “Quantum geometry of bosonic strings” in Physics Letters B — cited 2,557 times.
Published “Quark confinement and topology of gauge theories” in Nuclear Physics B — cited 1,588 times.
Published “Pseudoparticle solutions of the Yang-Mills equations” in Physics Letters B — cited 2,458 times.
Polyakov made his first flight into space aboard Soyuz TM-6 in 1988
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Studied at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (1965).
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After the flight of the first physician in space, Boris Yegorov, aboard Voskhod 1
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Born 1942-04-27.
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