Anatoly Berezovoy

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet and later Russian cosmonaut.

Biography Berezovoy was born in Enem, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR in a Ukrainian family. He was married with two children and graduated from the Air Force Academy.

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.

Honours and awards Anatoly Berezovoy and Valentin Lebedev on a 1983 Soviet stamp "211 days of working in space" Hero of the Soviet Union Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Order of Lenin Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation) Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Order "The Sun of Freedom" (Afghanistan) Kirti Chakra (India)