Andriyan Nikolayev
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Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it is considere
Nikolayev on a 1962 Soviet envelope
Wedding of Tereshkova and Nikolayev in 1963
Tereshkova and Nikolayev with Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō in 1965
Monument to Andriyan Nikolayev in Cheboksary
Vostok 3 and 4
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Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 were Soviet space program flights in August 1962, intended to determine the ability of the human body to function in conditions of weightlessness, test the ground control capabil
Andriyan Nikolayev
…Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it is considered the first Turkic cosmonaut…
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Model of the Vostok capsule with its carrier rocket's upper stage