Major General
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Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko (26 February 1928 – 7 August 2022) was a Soviet
cosmonaut
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of Ukrainian descent. He flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 16 missions.
He was born in
Davydovka
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Voronezh Governorate
Voronezh Governorate (russian: Воронежская губерния, ''Voronezhskaya guberniya''; uk, Воронізька губернія) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and th ...
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RSFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
. After leaving the space programme in 1982, Filipchenko became the Deputy Director of the OKB in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine. He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 94.
Awards
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Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
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Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
The honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (russian: Летчик-космонавт СССР) was a state award of the Soviet Union presented to all cosmonauts who flew for the Soviet Space Agency. Usually accompanying the distinction ...
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Order of Lenin
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...
Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
The Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary ( hu, Magyar Népköztársaság Zászlórendje) was a State Order of the Hungarian People's Republic.
It was founded by Decree No. 17 of 1956 and then was abolished in 1991.
Classes
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* Order of the Banner of the Bulgarian People's Republic
* Medal "For the Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Czechoslovakia)
* Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (GDR)