Oleg Gazenko

Deceased Person

1918 – 2007

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Who was Oleg Gazenko?

Lieutenant General Oleg Georgovitch Gazenko was a Russian scientist, general officer in the Soviet Air Force and the former director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow. One of the leading scientists behind the Soviet animals in space programmes, he selected and trained Laika, the dog who flew on the Sputnik 2 mission.

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Born
Dec 12, 1918
Stavropol Krai
Nationality
  • Soviet Union
Died
Nov 17, 2007
Moscow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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