Go4Liftoff - Anatoly Berezovoy

Anatoly Berezovoy

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Nationality Russian

Date Of Birth 1942-04-11

Deceased 2014-09-20

Status Deceased

Type Government

Agency

Astronaut Biography

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut. On 27 April 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut. In 1982 he flew as Commander on Soyuz T-5 on the first mission to the Salyut 7 space station, returning to Earth on the Soyuz T-7 after 211 days 9 hours. He retired on 31 October 1992 due to age. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Deputy President of Russian Space Federation.