Yury Malyshev

Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev (Russian Ю́рий Васи́льевич Ма́лышев) was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR, on 27 August 1941. He studied in Taganrog’s high school N24, 1949-1959. He was married with two children. He was selected as a cosmonaut on 7 May 1967. He retired on 20 July 1988. He died on 8 November 1999 in Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation.

He was Commander of Soyuz T-2 (5–9 June 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (3–11 April 1984).

Honorary titles and awards

• Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (16 June 1980)
• Two Orders of Lenin (16 June 1980 and 11 April 1984)
• Ashoka Chakra (India, 1984)