Yaroslav Golovanov
Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovanov (
Golovanov's father was director of a theatre (today's Gogol's Theatre). His mother was an actress.
Golovanov studied rocket engineering at the
Golovanov soon specialized in space exploration. The first novel "Кузнецы грома" (Thunder's Blacksmiths) deals with the lives of Soviet rocket designers.
Between 1965 and 1966 Golovanov was a member of a team of three journalists, unofficial candidates for a space flight. The team was disbanded after
In 1982 he published "Дорога на космодром" (Doroga na kosmodrom, The Path to Cosmodrome), a detailed overview of the history of space exploration, mainly in the Soviet Union. His detailed biography of Korolyov was published in 1994 under name "Королев. Факты и мифы" (Korolyov - facts and myths). Golovanov's diary of fifty years was published in 1998-99 under the title "Заметки вашего современника" (Notes from Your Contemporary).
In total, Yaroslav Golovanov published 20 books, which were translated into 25 languages.
Golovanov was married three times: to Valentina Alekseyevna Zhuravleva [with sons Vasily (born 1960) And Aleksandr (born 1965)], to Natalija Borisovna Laskin with son, Dmitri (born 1974) and to Yevgenia Markovna Albats [with daughter Olga (born 1988)].
Trivia
- collective pseudonym Pavel Bagryakfor some of their works.
External links
- Biography (in Russian)
- Professional biography (in Czech)