Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR | |
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Type | Honorary title |
Awarded for | Space flight |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Soviet citizens |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | 16 April 1961 |
Total | 72 |
Related | Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation |
The honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (
History of the title
The title was established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on 14 April 1961.[1] It was awarded until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 where it was retained by the Law of the Russian Federation 2555-1 dated 20 March 1992[2] with a few slight amendments and renamed Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.[citation needed]
Award statute
The title was assigned by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet for the outstanding feat of space flight. The insignia of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR is worn on the right side of the chest above orders and decorations.[1] If worn with honorary titles of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.[3]
Award description
The title is a 25mm wide by 23.8mm high convex pentagon with a gilt silver rim. In the center is an image of the terrestrial globe with the territory of the Soviet Union enamelled in red. A gold star denotes Moscow as the point of origin of a gilt orbital path going around the globe once to reach a silver satellite at the upper left of the globe. A second orbital path, this time enamelled in red, starts at the bottom center of the globe going up in an arc narrowing along the way to reach a gilt spacecraft above the globe. Along the upper left edge of the pentagon above the globe, the gilt relief inscription "PILOT" (Russian: ЛЕТЧИК), along the upper right edge of the pentagon above the globe, the gilt relief inscription "COSMONAUT" (Russian: КОСМОНАВТ), along the bottom edge of the pentagon under the globe, the gilt inscription "USSR" (Russian: СССР), along the left and right lower edges of the pentagon, prominent gilt laurel branches. The reverse of the insignia is plain except for the award serial number.[1]
The insignia is secured to a standard Russian square mount by a ring through the suspension loop. The award is secured to clothing with a threaded stud and nut behind the mount. The mount is covered by a silk
List of Pilot-Cosmonauts of the USSR
The individuals listed below have all received the honorary title "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR".[4] List is sorted by the serial number of the award.
- 1961 — Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 — Gherman Titov
- 1962 — Andriyan Nikolayev
- 1962 — Pavel Popovich
- 1963 — Valery Bykovsky
- 1963 — Valentina Tereshkova
- 1964 — Vladimir Komarov
- 1964 — Konstantin Feoktistov
- 1964 — Boris Yegorov
- 1965 — Pavel Belyayev
- 1965 — Alexei Leonov
- 1968 — Georgy Beregovoy
- 1969 — Vladimir Shatalov
- 1969 — Boris Volynov
- 1969 — Aleksei Yeliseyev
- 1969 — Yevgeny Khrunov
- 1969 — Georgy Shonin
- 1969 — Valeri Kubasov
- 1969 — Anatoly Filipchenko
- 1969 — Vladislav Volkov
- 1969 — Viktor Gorbatko
- 1970 — Vitaly Sevastyanov
- 1971 — Nikolay Rukavishnikov
- 1971 — Georgy Dobrovolsky (posthumously)
- 1971 — Viktor Patsayev (posthumously)
- 1973 — Vasily Lazarev
- 1973 — Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
- 1973 — Pyotr Klimuk
- 1973 — Valentin Lebedev
- 1974 — Yury Artyukhin
- 1974 — Gennadi Sarafanov
- 1974 — Lev Dyomin
- 1975 — Aleksei Gubarev
- 1975 — Georgy Grechko
- 1976 — Vitaly Zholobov
- 1976 — Vladimir Aksyonov
- 1976 — Vyacheslav Zudov
- 1976 — Valery Rozhdestvensky
- 1977 — Yury Glazkov
- 1977 — Vladimir Kovalyonok
- 1977 — Valery Ryumin
- 1978 — Yury Romanenko
- 1978 — Vladimir Dzhanibekov
- 1978 — Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
- 1979 — Vladimir Lyakhov
- 1980 — Yury Malyshev
- 1980 — Leonid Popov
- 1980 — Leonid Kizim
- 1980 — Gennadi Strekalov
- 1981 — Viktor Savinykh
- 1982 — Aleksandr Serebrov
- 1982 — Svetlana Savitskaya
- 1982 — Anatoly Berezovoy
- 1983 — Vladimir Titov
- 1983 — Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
- 1984 — Igor Volk
- 1984 — Vladimir Solovyov
- 1984 — Oleg Atkov
- 1985 — Vladimir Vasyutin
- 1985 — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
- 1987 — Aleksandr Viktorenko
- 1987 — Aleksandr Laveykin
- 1987 — Anatoli Levchenko
- 1988 — Anatoly Solovyev
- 1988 — Musa Manarov
- 1989 — Sergei Krikalev
- 1989 — Valeri Polyakov
- 1990 — Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
- 1991 — Gennadi Manakov
- 1991 — Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev
- 1991 — Anatoly Artsebarsky
- 1991 — Toktar Aubakirov
See also
- Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
- Badges and Decorations of the Soviet Union
- Soviet Air Force
- Soviet Space Agency
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
References
- ^ a b c d "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 14 April 1961" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1961-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Law of the Russian Federation of 20 March 1992 No 2555-1" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 7 September 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ Шамсутдинов, Сергей (2013). "Знак «Лётчик-космонавт»" [Award "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR"]. Новости космонавтики. Москва: Петербургский коллекционер. Archived from the original on 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-18 – via Космическая энциклопедия ASTROnote.