Viktor Gorbatko

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko
Viktor Gorbatko in Vologda (2011 year)
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet
Born	(1934-12-03) December 3, 1934 Ventsy-Zarya, Krasnodar Krai, USSR
Other occupation	Pilot
Rank	Major General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	30d 12h 47m
Selection	Air Force Group 1
Missions	Soyuz 7 Soyuz 24 Soyuz 37
Mission insignia
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (2) Order of Lenin (2)

Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горба́тко; born December 3, 1934) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.

After leaving the space program in 1982 he taught at the Air Force Engineering Academy in Moscow.

His multiple Soviet and Russian Federation awards include:

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Three Orders of Lenin
• Order of Friendship
• Order of the Red Star
• Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders"
• Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
• Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"

His foreign awards include:

• Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic
• Hero of Socialiat Labour (Vietnam)
• Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia)
• Order of Red Banner (Mongolia)
• Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"
• Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"
• Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"
• Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"
• Medal "40 years Khalkhin Golskoy Victory" (Mongolia)
• Medal "30 Years of Victory over Japan's Militarists" (Mongolia)
• Medal of Friendship (Mongolia)
• Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (East Germany)
• Medal "Brotherhood in Arms" (Poland)
• Order of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)

Viktor Gorbatko (left) and Yury Glazkov (right) on a 1977 U.S.S.R. postage stamp

External links

• Media related to Viktor Gorbatko at Wikimedia Commons