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Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Russian: Леонид Денисович Кизим; 5 August 1941 – 14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

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Leonid Denisovich Kizim
Kizim in 1984
Born	(1941-08-05)August 5, 1941 Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine)
Died	June 14, 2010(2010-06-14) (aged 68)[1] Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Pilot
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
Space career
Cosmonaut
Rank	Colonel General, Soviet Air Force
Time in space	374d 17h 56m
Selection	Air Force Group 3
Missions	Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10/Soyuz T-11, Soyuz T-15

Biography

Kizim was born in Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine).[2] He graduated from Higher Air Force School in 1975; and served as a test pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965. Kizim flew as Commander on Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, and also served as backup commander for Soyuz T-2. All together he spent 374 days 17 hours 56 minutes in space. On Soyuz T-15, he was part of the only crew to visit two space stations on one spaceflight (Mir and Salyut 7). He later served as Deputy Director Satellite Control-Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense; after May 1995 he was Director of the Military Engineering Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics in St. Petersburg.

He left the cosmonaut program on June 13, 1987, but remained in the Soviet Air Force, and later the Russian Air Force. In 1993, he was placed in charge of the A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy. He held that position until he retired from the Russian Air Force on September 10, 2001, at the rank of Colonel General.

Kizim died on June 14, 2010. He left a wife and two children.[1] Leonid Kizim was married with two children.

Awards

He was awarded:

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (December 10, 1980 and October 2, 1984);
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Order of Honour
• Order of Friendship
• Three Orders of Lenin
• Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

Foreign awards:

• Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia);
• Medal "30 Years of Victory over Japan's Militarists" (Mongolia);
• Medal "60 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution";
• Knight of the Legion of Honour (France);
• Kirti Chakra (India);
• Order of Merit (Ukraine).

References

External links

• KIZIM, Col.-Gen. Leonid Denisovich International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006.
• Leonid Denissovich Kizim, astronautix.com
• The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur

На других языках

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[de] Leonid Denissowitsch Kisim

Leonid Denissowitsch Kisim (russisch Леонид Денисович Кизим, wiss. Transliteration Leonid Denisovič Kizim; * 5. August 1941 in Krasnyj Lyman, Oblast Donezk, Ukrainische SSR; † 14. Juni 2010 in Moskau) war ein sowjetischer Kosmonaut.

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- [en] Leonid Kizim

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[es] Leonid Kizim

Leonid Denísovich Kizim (Леони́д Дени́сович Кизи́м) (Krasni Limán, 5 de agosto de 1941 - Moscú, 14 de junio de 2010)[1] fue un cosmonauta soviético que permaneció 364 días en el espacio y estableció un nuevo récord. Las misiones en las que totalizó esta marca fueron: Soyuz T-3 en la Saliut 6; Soyuz T-10 en la Saliut 7 y Soyuz T-15, que se inició en la Saliut 7 y concluyó en la Mir. Recibió en dos ocasiones el título de Héroe de la Unión Soviética.

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[fr] Leonid Kyzym

Leonid Kyzym (en ukrainien : Леонид Кизим) ou Leonid Denissovitch Kizim (en russe : Леонид Денисович Кизим) est un cosmonaute soviétique[1], né le 5 août 1941 à Krasnyï Lyman, dans l'oblast de Donetsk, en RSS d'Ukraine (Union soviétique), et décédé le 14 juin 2010 à Moscou, en Russie.

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[it] Leonid Denysovyč Kyzym

Leonid Denysovyč Kyzym, (in ucraino Леонід Денисович Кизим) (Krasnyj Lyman, 5 agosto 1941 – 14 giugno 2010), è stato un cosmonauta sovietico, dal 1992 ucraino.

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[ru] Кизим, Леонид Денисович

Леони́д Дени́сович Кизи́м (5 августа 1941, Красный Лиман, Сталинская область, Украинская ССР — 14 июня 2010, Москва[1][2]) — советский космонавт, дважды Герой Советского Союза, генерал-полковник авиации.

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