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Leonid Kizim

{{Short description|Soviet cosmonaut (1941–2010)}}

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{{Infobox astronaut

| image = Leonid Denisovich Kizim.jpg

| caption = Kizim in 1984

| name = Leonid Denisovich Kizim

| type = Cosmonaut

| nationality = Soviet

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|8|5}}

| birth_place = Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|06|14|1941|8|5}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| occupation = Pilot

| rank = Colonel General, Soviet Air Force

| selection = Air Force Group 3

| time = 374d 17h 56m

| mission = Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10/Soyuz T-11, Soyuz T-15

| insignia =

| awards = Hero of the Soviet Union

}}

Leonid Denisovich Kizim ({{langx|ru|Леонид Денисович Кизим}}; 5 August 1941 – 14 June 2010) was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Biography

Kizim was born in Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine).{{cite web|title=Ушел из жизни летчик-космонавт дважды Герой Советского Союза Леонид Денисович Кизим|url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11149|publisher=Russian Federal Space Agency|accessdate=15 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144426/http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11149|archivedate=16 July 2011}} He graduated from Higher Air Force School in 1975; and served as a test pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965. Kizim flew as Commander on Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, and also served as backup commander for Soyuz T-2. All together he spent 374 days 17 hours 56 minutes in space. On Soyuz T-15, he was part of the only crew to visit two space stations on one spaceflight (Mir and Salyut 7). He later served as Deputy Director Satellite Control-Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense; after May 1995 he was Director of the Military Engineering Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics in St. Petersburg.

He left the cosmonaut program on June 13, 1987, but remained in the Soviet Air Force, and later the Russian Air Force. In 1993, he was placed in charge of the A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy. He held that position until he retired from the Russian Air Force on September 10, 2001, at the rank of Colonel General.

Kizim died on June 14, 2010. He left a wife and two children.{{cite web|title=Russian Cosmonaut Twice Hero of the USSR Leonid Kizim Passes Away|url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=9677|publisher=Russian Federal Space Agency|accessdate=15 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716144418/http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=9677|archivedate=16 July 2011}}

Awards

He was awarded:

Foreign awards:

References

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External links

  • [http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/entry.html?id=kiz-ed2-200300-1555 KIZIM, Col.-Gen. Leonid Denisovich] International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100913050229/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/kizim.htm Leonid Denissovich Kizim], astronautix.com
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043952/http://www.baikonuradm.ru/index.php?mod=180 The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur]

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Category:1941 births

Category:2010 deaths

Category:People from Lyman, Ukraine

Category:Soviet cosmonauts

Category:Ukrainian emigrants to Russia

Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union

Category:Soviet Air Force generals

Category:Soviet colonel generals

Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin

Category:Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)

Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

Category:Recipients of the Kirti Chakra

Category:Commanders of the Legion of Honour

Category:Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery

Category:Salyut program cosmonauts

Category:Spacewalkers

Category:Mir crew members

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