Vladislav Volkov

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Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Russian
Born	November 23, 1935(1935-11-23) Moscow, former Soviet Union
Died	June 30, 1971 (aged 35)
Other occupation	Engineer
Space time	28d 17h 01m
Selection	Civilian Specialist Group 2, 1966
Missions	Soyuz 7, Soyuz 11
Mission insignia

Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; b. November 23, 1935, Moscow – d. June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions.

Graduated from Moscow Air Force Institute, 1959. As aviation engineer at Korolyov Design bureau was involved in the development of the Vostok and Voskhod spacecrafts prior to his selection as a cosmonaut.

He flew aboard Soyuz 7 in 1969 and spent 23 days on Salyut 1, the world's first space station, in 1971.

He was a member of the second crew to die during a space flight on Soyuz 11. After a normal re-entry, the capsule was opened and the crew was found dead. It was discovered that a valve had opened just prior to leaving orbit that had allowed the capsule's atmosphere to vent away into space, suffocating the crew.

Vladislav Volkov was decorated twice as the Hero of the Soviet Union (first on October 22, 1969 and posthumously on June 30, 1971). He was also awarded the Order of Lenin. The Volkov crater on the Moon is named in his honor. A street in Moscow is named after him.

Vladislav Volkov's ashes were inurned in the Kremlin Wall on the Red Square in Moscow.

In the movie "Virus" (1999), an alien intelligence inhabits the computer system of the research vessel "Akademic Vladislav Volkov" via a transmission from space. According to Brian Harvey's book Russia In Space, there was also a real Soviet communications ship called the Vladislav Volkov, but it was sold by the Russian government following the fall of the USSR. The Cosmonaut Volkov variety of heirloom tomato is also named for him.

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NAME	Volkov, Vladislav Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Владислав Николаевич Волков (Russian)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Soviet cosmonaut
DATE OF BIRTH	November 23, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow, Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH	June 30, 1971
PLACE OF DEATH	Space