The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was a civilian award of the Soviet Union established on October 26, 1956 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise indiv
Reverse of the Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Georgy Grechko, a recipient of the Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
1957 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Viktor Gorbatko
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Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions.
Viktor Gorbatko in Vologda, 2011
Viktor Gorbatko (left) and Yury Glazkov (right) on a 1977 U.S.S.R. postage stamp