June 14, 2013. Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, Two-time Hero of the USSR Valery Bykovsky at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogaryovo. The meeting marked the 50th anniversary of the space flight of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.

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Pilot-cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky in the cockpit of the "Vostok" space capsule. Scene from the documentary film "Path to the Stars".

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The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center. The international crew of the Soyuz-31 spacecraft trains for landing. Soviet pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, spacecraft commander Valery Bykovsky (left) and cosmonaut research from the German Democrqatic Republic Zigmundt Yen during landing exercises.

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The USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, colonel Valery Bykovsky.

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Crew members of space ship Soyuz-22, cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov (left) and the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky on takeoff site at Baikonur cosmodrome.

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Pilot-cosmonaut, captain of the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky.

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The USSR pilot-cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valery Bykovsky studying in air mechanics class, Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.

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Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky (right) and Hero of the Soviet Union, German (GDR) cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn after their Soyuz-31 space ship landed.

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Pilot and cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky during training of the vestibular apparatus.

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Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, to-time Hero of the USSR.

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USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Hero of Soviet Union, commander of spaceship Soyuz-22 Colonel Valeri Bykovski.

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They flew Vostok spacecraft: Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR Heroes of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky (left), Valentina Tereshkova (center) and Yuri Gagarin (right).

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Postage stamp to mark the mission of Valery Bykovsky.

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Cadet Valery Bykovsky (right) with co-students of the Air Force Academy.

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Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky, Hero of the Soviet Union

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Valery Valery Bykovsky, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, with his wife and son. .

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The USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky (center) with wife (second left) among Muscovites on Red Square.

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Space pilot Valery Bykovsky (left) with his wife Valentina (right).

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Space pilots German Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin and Valery Bykovsky (left to right) on the Mausoleum tribune.

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Left to right, cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova, Valery Bykovsky and Pavel Popovich on a ski outing

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Valery Bykovsky in rotor training.

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The "Soyuz-31" international team with mission commander Colonel Valery Bykovsky (right) and Sigmund Jahn, a cosmonaut researcher from the German Democratic Republic during training in a model of the "Salyut" spacecraft at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Zvesdny Gorodok (Star City.)

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Aviation school cadet Valery Bykovsky.

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Pilot-cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky

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Pilot-cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky training.

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Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet - Parliament (left), reads out decree on awarding Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky (right).

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Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky.

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Pilot-cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and his wife in the country house.

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Soyuz 22 spacecraft commander Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky (left) and flight engineer Vladimir Aksyonov (right) in a trainer spacecraft.

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Soyuz 22 spacecraft commanding officer Valery Bykovsky is practicing landing on water.

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