Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
Oleg Makarov (right) on a 1979 Soviet stamp
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality |
 Soviet Union Russia
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| Born |
6 January 1933 Udomlya, Russia |
| Died | 28 May 2003 (aged 70) Moscow, Russia |
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Other occupation
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Engineer |
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Time in space
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20d 17h 20m |
| Selection | Civilian Specialist Group 3 |
| Missions | Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18a, Soyuz 27, Soyuz 26, Soyuz T-3 |
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Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (Russian: Оле́г Григо́рьевич Мака́ров) (6 January 1933 – 28 May 2003) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Makarov was born in Udomlya, Tver Oblast, USSR. He graduated from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School in 1957 and started working at the Special Design Bureau Number One (which is now RSC Energia) as an engineer, working on the Vostok spacecraft. In 1966, he was selected for cosmonaut training.
He was originally part of the Soviet lunar program and was training with Aleksei Leonov for the first manned circumlunar flight. After the success of Apollo 8, however, the flight was cancelled.
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