Brief biography of Titov

The memorial plaque in the village of Glebchevo Titov German Stepanovich is a pilot of the Vostok-2 spacecraft, major. In the year he graduated from the 7th grade of the school in the village of Polkovnikovo, Kosikhinsky district, in the year - 10 classes of the school in the village of Nalobikha Kosikhinsky district. In the army since July. In February, he graduated from the 9th Military Aviation School of Primary Education of the pilots, the city of Kustanay, now Kostanay, Kazakhstan, in September-the Stalingrad Military Aviation School of pilots, located in the city of Novosibirsk.

From November - pilot of the Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in the Leningrad Military District; The village of Siversky, Gatchinsky district of the Leningrad region, in October - March - senior pilot of the Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in the Leningrad Military District; The village of Siversky. He flew on a jet fighter of a moment in a detachment of astronauts from March to June.

He made 1 space flight lasting 1 day 1 hour 18 minutes. Since October, preparations were trained as part of the first six of the astronauts selected for the first space flight. This was the world's first cosmic flight lasting more than a day. For the first time, the astronaut slept in zero gravity, performed simple exercises as a charging. In the flight, biological experiments and filming of the Earth from the side of the spaceship were carried out.

Titov twice controlled the ship manually, performed its orientation and stabilization. The flight confirmed the possibility of a long stay and work of a person in zero gravity. Throughout the history of the piloted astronautics, German Stepanovich Titov remains the youngest man of the Earth, who had been in space at the time of flight was less than 26 years old. In the years, training was held in the group under the flight of the Spiral orbital aircraft.

As part of this program, in January-July, he performed testing flights at the State Red Banner Scientific and test institute of the Air Force, the city of Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region on supersonic fighters of MiG, Su-7, Su-9, Su, Yak, in the year, graduated from the N. Zhukovsky military-air engineering academy, and in August the Military Academy of the General Staff. In August-June-Deputy Head of the Center for Management of the Military Purpose of the Military Purpose of the Command-Measuring Complex of the Main Directorate of Cosmic Funds of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Since June-Deputy, in July-July-First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Cosmic Funds of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR for experimental design and research work. He was the chairman of several state commissions on the testing of rocket and space systems. In July - October - First Deputy Head of the Department of Cosmic Funds of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Since October, Colonel General of Aviation Titov is in reserve.

B-President of the Cosmoflot International Scientific and Technical Center and Electronics, V--Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Russian Center for Conversion of the Aerospace Complex. Since the year - President of the Cosmonautics Federation of Russia. The 1st class military pilot Honorary radio operator of the USSR lived in the Star Town of the Moscow Region, from a year in Moscow.

He died on September 20. He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery. The hero of the Mongolian People’s Republic was awarded the Russian Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the 3rd degree laureate of the Lenin Prize awarded to the Golden Medal named after K. Honorary Citizen of the Krasnokutsk District of the Saratov Region; Monuments of G. Memorial boards were erected in Moscow at the headquarters of the space forces where he worked, the city of Khimki of the Moscow Region on the street bearing his name, the village of Glebchevo, Vyborg district of the Leningrad region on the house in which he served.

At the place of landing, Titov in the vicinity of the city of Krasny Kut of the Saratov region, a memorial sign was established. The name of G. his name in the years was worn by the “cosmonaut Titov” port of the postscript - Astrakhan, in the years - a passenger ship on the underwater wings “German Titov” port of the postscript - Dnepropetrovsk, and in years - the forest vessel “German Titov” port of the postscript - Kotelnich.

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