Georgy Shonin
| Georgy Stepanovich Shonin | |
|---|---|
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Born |
August 3, 1935 Rovenky, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died |
April 7, 1997 (aged 61) Zvyozdny, Russia |
Other occupation | Pilot |
| Rank | Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 4d 22h 42m |
| Selection | Air Force Group 1 |
| Missions | Soyuz 6 |
Mission insignia |
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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін) (August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
His family hid a Jewish family from the nazis during WWII.[1]
He later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).
Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
He was awarded:
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the Red Star
- Ten commemorative medals
- Medal "25 Years of People's Power" (Bulgaria)
- Three medals from the Mongolian People's Republic
- Five medals from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
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