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Soviet cosmonauts: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Soviet cosmonauts
Svetlana SavitskayaSvetlana Savitskaya was born on the 8th of August 1948 into a privileged family in Moscow. Her father Yevgeny Savitsky served as a decorated fighter pilot…
Valentina TereshkovaValentina Tereshkova was born on the 6th of March 1937 in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village along the Volga River. Her father Vladimir died in the…
Yuri GagarinOn the 18th of October 1941, Nazi forces captured the village of Klushino. The occupiers burned down the local school and twenty-seven houses in a single day.
Valeri PolyakovValeri Vladimirovich Polyakov was born in the city of Tula on the 27th of April 1942. He entered the world under the name Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov before…