Valeri Polyakov Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
=Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov=
Born in Tula, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR on April 27, 1942. Married with one child. Selected as a cosmonaut in Medical Group 3 on March 22, 1972. He retired as a cosmonaut on June 1, 1995.
His original name was Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, after being adopted by his stepfather in 1957, he changed his name. He entered Tula secondary school No. 4 and graduated in 1959. He then entered the I M Sechenov 1st Moscow Medical Institute and graduated with a doctorate degree. He then specialised in astronautics medicine at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems, Ministry of Public Health, Moscow. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Health in Moscow.
He was a Doctor Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-6 / Soyuz TM-7 and Soyuz TM-18 / Soyuz TM-20 mission to the Mir space station.
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