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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін; 3 August 1935 – 7 April 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.

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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin
Born	(1935-08-03)3 August 1935 Rovenky, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Died	7 April 1997(1997-04-07) (aged 61) Zvyozdny, Russia
Nationality	Ukrainian
Occupation	Pilot
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	4d 22h 42m
Selection	Air Force Group 1
Missions	Soyuz 6

Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space program in 1979 for medical reasons.

Shonin's family hid a Jewish family from the Nazis during WWII.[1]

Shonin later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).

He died of a heart attack in 1997.

Awards and honors

• 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

References

На других языках

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[de] Georgi Stepanowitsch Schonin

Georgi Stepanowitsch Schonin (russisch Георгий Степанович Шонин, wiss. Transliteration Georgij Stepanovič Šonin; * 3. August 1935 in Rowenki, Oblast Woroschilowgrad, Ukrainische SSR; † 7. April 1997 in Swjosdny Gorodok, Oblast Moskau, Russland) war ein sowjetischer Kosmonaut.

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- [en] Georgy Shonin

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[es] Gueorgui Shonin

Gueorgui Stepánovich Shonin (en ruso, Георгий Степанович Шонин; Rovenky, RSS de Ucrania, 3 de agosto de 1935 – Ciudad de las Estrellas, Rusia, 7 de abril de 1997) fue un cosmonauta soviético que viajó al espacio en 1969 como miembro de la tripulación de la misión Soyuz 6.[1][2]

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[fr] Gueorgui Chonine

Gueorgui Stepanovitch Chonine (en russe : Георгий Степанович Шонин) est un cosmonaute soviétique[1], né le 3 août 1935 et décédé le 7 avril 1997.

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[it] Georgij Stepanovič Šonin

Georgij Stepanovič Šonin (cir. rus. Георгий Степанович Шонин; Roven'ki, 3 agosto 1935 – Città delle Stelle, 7 aprile 1997) è stato un cosmonauta sovietico.

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[ru] Шонин, Георгий Степанович

Гео́ргий Степа́нович Шо́нин (3 августа 1935, Ровеньки — 6 апреля 1997, Звёздный городок) — советский космонавт № 17. Герой Советского Союза (22 октября 1969). Генерал-лейтенант авиации (1985). Почётный гражданин городов Вологда, Гагарин, Калуга (Россия); Балта, Одесса, Ровеньки (Украина); Караганда (Казахстан); Бричпорт (США).

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