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Soyuz 4 was launched on 14 January 1969, carrying cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov on his first flight. The mission successfully docked with Soyuz 5, marking the first docking of two crewed spacecraft. The
The departing Soyuz 4 seen from Soyuz 5.
Model of Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 after performing the first docking of two crewed spacecraft on 16 January 1969.
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On 22 January 1969, Viktor Ilyin attempted to assassinate Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow. Ilyin, a deserter from the Soviet Army, fired shots at a motorcade carrying Brezhnev and celebrated c
Vladimir Shatalov, Boris Volynov, Aleksei Yeliseyev and Yevgeny Khrunov, the four cosmonauts of Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5.
Leonid Brezhnev, the target of the assassination attempt
Leonid Brezhnev