Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoy (Анатолий Николаевич Березовой) is a former Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 cosmonaut.

Berezovoy was born on April 11, 1942 in Enem

Enem (urban-type settlement)

Enem is an urban locality in Takhtamukaysky District of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located northwest of Maykop...

, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

 in a Ukrainian

Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 family. He is married with two children. He graduated from the Air Force Academy

He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970. He flew as Commander on Soyuz T-5

Soyuz T-5

-Backup crew:-Mission parameters:*Mass: 6850 kg*Perigee: 190 km*Apogee: 231 km*Inclination: 51.6°*Period: 89.7 minutes-Mission highlights:...

. He retired on October 31, 1992 due to medical reasons after injuries he got as a victim of an armed robbery. From 1992 to 1999, he was a Deputy President Russian Space Federation

Russian Federal Space Agency

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External links

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