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Yury Glazkov
2008Dec, 9

Yury Glazkov

Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force.

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