Semjon Zwirko, father of the famous sport and military aviator Franciszek Zwirko who died in a crash on September 11, 1932.01.10.1987#5765248
Polish People's Republic. Walerija and Sofja Zwirko, sisters of the famous sport and military aviator Franciszek Zwirko who died in a crash on September 11, 1932.01.06.1987#5765254
Preparation of Soyuz TM-2 team for a space mission to Mir orbital space station: mission commander Vladimir Titov, left, onboard engineer Alexander Serebrov during leisure time activities.01.06.1986#2834153
A Sukhoi Su-26 aerobatic aircraft, manufactured by Soviet specialists from the Sukhoi Design Bureau.01.06.1985#8355753
Chkalov Aviation Club. Training program for female pilots of the Soviet national aerobatics team at the Tushino Airfield.01.10.1984#5947834
Viktor Smolin, right, and Irina Adabash, members of the Soviet aerial acrobatics team.25.08.1984#5794438
A ground flight control service oversees the security of the pilot-athletes', USSR national aerial acrobatics team's flight.01.07.1984#5794439
USSR Aerobatic Team (from left): Jurgis Kairis, Viktor Smolin, senior coach of the team, Honored Coach of the USSR Kasum Nazhmudinov, Zalida Makagonova, Irina Abadash, Alexander Shpigovsky, Yelena Klimovich, and Nikolai Nikityuk. Airfield of the Tushino airfield in Moscow.25.04.1984#8771780
The Ulyanovsk Higher Pilot Training School and the Comecon Civil Aviation Center (now Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation). Students play volleyball at the school gym.01.04.1983#8130125
Soviet pilot-cosmonaut and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Yeliseyev, right, during the discussion of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project space flight.10.09.1974#5957516
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Science fiction painting exhibition Space of Tomorrow. People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR Tair Teimur Ogly Salakhov, left, and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Vitaly Sevastyanov, center, during a conversation.08.10.1973#5774865
Readying a Yakovlev Yak-18PS stunt flying plane for takeoff from Tushino airfield in Moscow.01.06.1973#6322377
Svetlana Savitskaya, student at the Moscow Aviation Institute, Master of Sports of the USSR and 1970 all-around aerobatics world champion.01.08.1970#5818855
Master of Sport Lubov Morozova of Kaluga and Master of Sport Viktor Khatkovsky of Minsk, USSR air sports national team members.30.06.1970#5817669
Members of the Soviet national aviation sport team during postflight analysis. Third right, standing: Svetlana Savitskaya, Master of Sports of the USSR and 1970 all-around aerobatics world champion.16.06.1970#5818857
Ludmila Mochalina, USSR women's all-around champion in sport aviation, winner of the World Aerobatic Championships, world Yak-32 speed record-holder , Merited Master of Sport, tragically died in a Yak-30 plane during a flight on September 8, 1965.15.06.1970#5817666
Space pilot Alexei Yeliseyev, Hero of the Soviet Union, is seen here ahead of his October 13-18, 1969 space flight aboard the Soyuz 8 spaceship.05.08.1969#6679912
The Cosmonaut Training Center. Photo: Pilot-Cosmonaut Alexei Yeliseyev trains for the January 15-18, 1969 Soyuz-5 manned mission.01.07.1969#5982613
Pilot-Cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov trains on a bicycle exerciser. This makes it possible to expose latent coronary insufficiency and to determine his individual physical stamina levels.13.02.1969#6116948
A meeting marking the end of the Soyuz-4/Soyuz-5 space mission (January 14-18, 1969). From left: Crew members, pilots-cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov, Boris Volynov, Alexei Yeliseyev and Yevgeny Khrunov during the awards ceremony at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, now the State Kremlin Palace.22.01.1969#6118070
The Kazakh SSR. Welcoming crews of the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 spacecraft [that flew on January 14-18, 1969] after landing. From left: Cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov and Yevgeny Khrunov.18.01.1969#6019460
Soviet cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, and member of the Soyuz-4 crew Vladimir Shatalov after landing.17.01.1969#5969194
The Cosmonaut Training Center. From left: Members of the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 space crews Pilots-Cosmonauts Alexei Yeliseyev, Vladimir Shatalov and Yevgeny Khrunov inside a spacecraft simulator.01.01.1969#6116954
The Cosmonaut Training Center. From left: Members of the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 space crews Pilots-Cosmonauts Alexei Yeliseyev, Yevgeny Khrunov Vladimir Shatalov and Boris Volynov.01.01.1969#6116951
Pavel Belyayev, Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut and veteran of the Soviet–Japanese War, during his interview to Yury Dokuchayev, a correspondent of Novosti Press Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency).26.09.1967#5797418
Pavel Belyayev, Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut and veteran of the Soviet–Japanese War, gives an interview to Yury Dokuchayev, a correspondent of Novosti Press Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency).26.09.1967#5797413
Pavel Belyayev, Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut and veteran of the Soviet–Japanese War, at his meeting with young pioneers.26.09.1967#5797408
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yury Gagarin with his daughters, Lena, left, and Galya, at home.25.09.1966#5980579
The 4th World Aerobatic Championships in Moscow. Photo: Absolute world champion Vladimir Martemyanov at a medals ceremony at Tushino Airfield.01.09.1966#6127979
The 4th World Aerobatic Championships in Moscow. Photo: Members of the Soviet female national team at a medals ceremony at Tushino Airfield. Third right: Absolute world aerobatic champion Galina Korchuganova.01.09.1966#6127977
The 4th World Aerobatic Championships in Moscow. Photo: Members of the US national team at the opening ceremony at Tushino Airfield.01.09.1966#6127976
Fourth World Aerial Acrobatics Championship in Moscow. Galina Korchuganova, absolute world champion in aerial acrobatics, USSR Distinguished Master of Sports. Tushino Airfield.08.08.1966#5937236
Fourth World Aerial Aerobatics Championship in Moscow. Absolute world champion in aerial aerobatics Vladimir Martemyanov. Tushino Airfield.08.08.1966#5935949
The Fourth World Aerobatics Championship. Galina Korchuganova, the first absolute world champion in aerobatics in the history of air sports (1966), world record holder on a 100km closed route on a jet plane constructed by Alexander Yakovlev.01.08.1966#685856
The 4th Aerobatics World Championships. Tushino airfield. July-August, 1966. Sports and aviation holiday marking the championships opening. Demonstration performance by aerial gymnasts.25.07.1966#5828471
Yakovlev Yak-18 trainer aircraft perform an exercise flight during preparations for the 4th World Aerobatic Championships that took place at the Tushino airfield in Moscow between August 4-15, 1966.21.07.1966#6113870
The 4th World Aerobatic Flying Championships at Moscow's Tushino airfield. July-August 1966. Photo: Soviet-made Yakovlev Yak-18P trainers in mid-air.15.07.1966#5878330
Absolute Soviet aerobatic flying champion Vladimir Martemyanov, a member of the Soviet national team, before the aerobatic championship in Moscow.28.06.1966#6038369
Soviet space pilots Yury Gagarin and Konstantin Feoktistov (center, behind a girl) meet with children at the Orlyonok national children's camp (currently the Orlyonok national children's center) in Tuapse district, Krasnodar Territory.21.11.1965#5980581
Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR Alexei Leonov, center, and Pavel Belyayev, right, during filming of a joint documentary on space exploration by US television company NBC and Novosti Press Agency, now International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya.01.10.1965#6324120
The pilot school No.5 in Donetsk, a cultural and sports center for 2,032 students in the city of Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, built after a design by architect Joseph Karakis. Junior school students during an outdoor recess.15.05.1965#5879092
Reception at the Italian Embassy in Moscow. Italian Ambassador Frederic Segna presents pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin with a gold medal and a diploma of the Human in Space international association and the Italian Space Association.15.04.1965#6340072
World record-holder and absolute aerobatic display world champion Galina Korchuganova at an aviation training center at Oreshkovo airfield in the Kaluga Region.03.02.1965#6022697
Center: Galina Korchuganova, pilot, world record holder and woman's all-around aerial acrobatics champion, and her flying club friends at Kaluga Training Aviation Center at the Oreshkovo airfield.03.02.1965#6022684
From left: Soviet helicopter test pilots Tatyana Gubanova (Russiyan) and Galina Ratorguyeva.19.01.1965#5902108
The Games of the 9th Winter Olympiad in Innsbruck, Austria. January 29-February 9, 1964. Soviet Pilot-Cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Popovich watches an ice hockey match between Soviet and Canadian national teams.28.02.1964#5864897
Tatyana Gubanova (Russiyan) is a world record holder, a helicopter and glider pilot, USSR Master of Sports, International Class. She set 12 world records on Mi-1, Mi-2, Mi-4 and Mi-8n helicopters.01.10.1963#2585372
Locals greet Hero of the Soviet Union, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as he visits Liberia.10.02.1962#5744114
Tampere, Finland. Hero of the Soviet Union and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Yury Gagarin visits a house where Vladimir Lenin lived during his stay in Finland.30.06.1961#5745279
