Georgy Shonin
| Georgy Stepanovich Shonin | |
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Soviet |
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August 3, 1935 Rovenky, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Died | April 7, 1997 (aged 61) Zvyozdny, Russia |
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Other occupation
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Pilot |
| Rank | Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Force |
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Time in space
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4d 22h 42m |
| Selection | Air Force Group 1 |
| Missions | Soyuz 6 |
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Mission insignia
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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін) (August 3, 1935 – April 7, 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.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
His family hid a Jewish family from the nazis during WWII.
He later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia).
Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
He was awarded:
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