Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin (russian: Пётр Иванович Колодин; 23 September 1930 – 4 February 2021) was a
Soviet
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cosmonaut
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. Although he retired in 1983 without flying in space, Kolodin served non-flying assignments on several spaceflights.
Biography
Kolodin was born in Novovasilyevka,
Soviet Union
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(now in
Zaporizhia Oblast
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,
Ukraine
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). In 1959, he graduated from Military Academy of Engineering and Radioengineering with gold medal. Kolodin then became an engineer-officer in the
Soviet Armed Forces
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until his selection as a cosmonaut.
He was selected as a Soviet cosmonaut as part of the
TsPK Group 2 in 1963. He entered cosmonaut training in January 1963 and completed training in January 1966. After completing his training, Kolodin served non-flight (backup) roles on the
Voskhod 2
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,