Anatoly Berezovoy

Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Анато́лий Никола́евич Березово́й; 11 April 1942 – 20 September 2014) was a Soviet 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

 * 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)