Georgy Shonin

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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (

In February 1957, Shonin graduated Naval Aviation School as was awarded his lieutenant's wings. He was then posted to the 935th Fighter Regiment of the Baltic Fleet which was the naval element of the Soviet Air Force.[2]^: 66 In 1958, he was transferred to the 768th Fighter Regiment of the Northern Fleet based in the Murmansk region. During this time, he would befriend another young flying officer named Yuri Gagarin.^[2]: 67

Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960.^[3] Shonin would fly on Soyuz 6 in October 1969. He left the space program in 1979 for medical reasons. He was then promoted to major general. Shonin later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia) where he had management responsibilities for the development of the Buran space shuttle.^[2]: 300

He died of a heart attack in 1997.^[2]: 300

Awards and honors

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Red Star
• Ten commemorative medals
• Medal "25 Years of People's Power" (Bulgaria)
• Three medals from the Mongolian People's Republic
• Five medals from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

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