Georgy Shonin
Astronaut
1935 – 1997
Who was Georgy Shonin?
Georgy Stepanovich Shonin was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
He later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence.
Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
He was awarded:
Hero of the Soviet Union
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
Ten commemorative medals
Medal "25 Years of People's Power"
Three medals from the Mongolian People's Republic
Five medals from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
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