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Biography of Igor Petrowitsch Wolk
12. Apr 1937 – 3. Jan 2017(79 years)Died in:Plovdiv, Plovdiv
Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut
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Soviet Union
Burial Place
Bykovo cemetery
Awards(10)
Order of LeninHero of the Soviet UnionOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classOrder of the Red Banner of LabourOrder of Friendship of PeoplesPilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRMedal "Veteran of Labour"Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Igor Volk (* 12. April 1937 in Zmiiv; † 3. January 2017 in Plovdiv) was a soviet test pilot, cosmonaut. He was 79 years old. His education included Flight Academy of the National Aviation University, Moscow Aviation Institute and Fedotov Test Pilot School. He received 10 awards, including Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was buried at Bykovo cemetery.
Life Events
10 Events1937
Born in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast
1970
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
1974
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1984
Order of Lenin
1984
Hero of the Soviet Union
1984
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
1990
Order of Friendship of Peoples
1997
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
2011
Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
2017