Vasiliy Grigor’yevich Lazarev
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Vasiliy Grigor’yevich Lazarev; Lieutenant Colonel, Red Air Force; born February 23, 1928, Altai region of Southern Siberia; married, one child. Received medical degree specializing in aviation medicine (1952), entered the Air Force school in Chuguyev, since 1954 has been an air force flyer, flight instructor, test pilot and flight equipment tester, and in 1966 became a cosmonaut. He was the backup pilot for Soyuz 9, and commander of Soyuz 12.
