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Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev (Russian: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; born 13 July 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5 , Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. He made the world's eighth spacewalk during Soyuz 5 in 1969.

Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev
Born	(1934-07-13) 13 July 1934 (age 88) Zhizdra, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Engineer
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space	8d 22h 20m
Selection	Civilian Specialist Group 2
Total EVAs	1
Total EVA time	37 minutes
Missions	Soyuz 5/4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10

Aleksei's father was Lithuanian with the last name Kuraitis, who died in the Soviet's Gulag as an enemy of the people.[1] Aleksei uses his mother's last name "Yeliseyev" [2] [3] so some regard him as also being a Lithuanian cosmonaut. [4] [5] [6]

A graduate of the Bauman Higher Technical School (1957) and postgraduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1962). Yeliseyev worked as an engineer in Sergey Korolev's design bureau before being selected for cosmonaut training.[7] [8] [9]

Following his retirement from the space programme in 1985, he took up at an administrative position at the Bauman school for several years before retiring fully.

Awards and honors

Soviet Union

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (22 January 969 and 22 October 1969)
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Four Orders of Lenin (22 January 1969, 22 October 1969, 30 April 1971 and 15 January 1976)
• Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) – for the great achievements in the field of research, development and utilization of outer space, many years of diligent work, public activities
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
• State Prize of the USSR (3 November 1980)

Foreign states

• Hero of the German Democratic Republic
• Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
• Order of Georgi Dimitrov (People's Republic of Bulgaria)

References

Literature

• S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" – edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 ISBN 978-5-906674-04-3
• The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur

На других языках

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[de] Alexei Stanislawowitsch Jelissejew

Alexei Stanislawowitsch Jelissejew (russisch Алексей Станиславович Елисеев; eigentlich Alexei Kuraitis, * 13. Juli 1934 in Schisdra, Oblast Kaluga, Russische SFSR) ist ein ehemaliger sowjetischer Kosmonaut. Alexei Stanislawowitsch Jelissejew wurde als Alexei Kuraitis geboren. Sein Vater Stanislaw A. Kuraitis war Litauer, seine Mutter Russin. Nachdem 1939 sein Vater wegen angeblicher antisowjetischer Propaganda zu fünf Jahren Zwangsarbeit in einem Gulag verurteilt worden war, nahm er aus Furcht vor künftigen Repressionen 1950 den Namen seiner Mutter an.

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- [en] Aleksei Yeliseyev

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[fr] Alekseï Ielisseïev

Alekseï Stanislavovitch Ielisseïev également Elisseïev ou Yelisseïev (en russe : Алексей Станиславович Елисеев) est un cosmonaute soviétique[1], né le 13 juillet 1934.

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[it] Aleksej Stanislavovič Eliseev

Aleksej Stanislavovič Eliseev (in russo: Алексей Станиславович Елисеев?; Žizdra, 13 luglio 1934) è un cosmonauta sovietico. Nato nell'Oblast' di Kaluga, regione appartenente a quel tempo all'Unione Sovietica, il suo vero nome era Aleksej Kuraitis, ma cambiò il cognome con quello della madre russa dopo che il padre, Stanislovas A. Kuraitis, lituano (NATO), fu condannato a cinque anni di lavori forzati in un gulag a causa di presunta propaganda antisovietica.

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[ru] Елисеев, Алексей Станиславович

Алексе́й Станисла́вович Елисе́ев (род. 13 июля 1934, Жиздра, Западная область) — лётчик-космонавт СССР, дважды Герой Советского Союза (22.01.1969 и 22.10.1969), Лауреат Государственной премии СССР (1980), заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1969).

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