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Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov |
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov |
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| PERSONAL DATA: Born 30 June 1962 in Yavas settlement, Zubovo-Polyansk district, Mordovia, Russia. His parents, Nikolai Serafimovich Dezhurov, father, and Anna Vasilievna Dezhurova, mother, reside in Yavas settlement, Zubovo-Polyansk district, Mordovia, Russia. He is married to Elena Valentinovna Dezhurova (nee Suprin). Their daughter, Anna, was born in 1983; their daughter, Svetlana, in 1987. EDUCATION: Graduated from the S. I. Gritsevits Khalikov Higher Military Aviation School in 1983 with a flight engineer's diploma. HONORS: Awarded three Armed Forces medals. EXPERIENCE: After graduating from the aviation military school in 1983, he served as a pilot and senior pilot in the Air Force. In 1987, he was assigned to the Cosmonaut Training Center. From December 1987 to June 1989, he underwent a course of general space training. In September 1989, he continued training as a member of a group of test cosmonauts. Since 1991, he has been a correspondence student at the Yu. A Gagarin Air Force Academy. In March 1994, he began flight training as a commander of the primary crew of the Mir- 18 mission aboard the Soyuz- 21 transport vehicle and the Mir orbital station as part of the Mir-Shuttle program. Dezhurov flew as commander of Soyuz TM-21 in 1995. |
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