Magomed Tolboyev

Magomed Tolboev (Магомед Толбоев) (born 20 January 1951) was a test-pilot and a pilot for the Buran space shuttle and decorated with the title Hero of Russia. Tolboev was the focus of international attention due to an attack on him by individuals from the Moscow police department. Some have claim the attack was racially motivated because Tolboev had "Chechen features." Though charges were not brought up by Tolboev, the Moscow police have looked into the incident. [1]

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Pilot test groups selected for the Soviet Buran program

First pilot test group of LII (July 12, 1977)	Igor Volk (commander) • Oleg Kononenko • Anatoly Levchenko • Nikolay Sadovnikov • Rimantas Stankevičius • Alexander Shchukin •

Second group of LII (1982-1985)	Ural Sultanov • Magomed Tolboev • Sergey Tresvyatskiy • Yuriy Sheffer • Yuriy Prikhodko (since 1988)

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Name	Tolboyev, Magomed
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Date of birth	20 January 1951
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