Pavel Belyayev

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Pavel Belyayev
Cosmonaut
Status	Dead
Born	June 26, 1925 Chelistshevo, Russia
Died	January 10, 1970 Moscow, Russia
Other occupation	Fighter pilot
Time in space	1d 02h 02m
Selection	Air Force Group 1
Missions	Voskhod 2
Mission insignia

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев), (June 26, 1925, Chelizshevo – January 10, 1970, Moscow), was a cosmonaut who flew on the historic Voskhod 2 mission.

Belyayev was selected for the space programme in 1960 after nearly fifteen years' experience in the Soviet air force and navy. He was originally to fly the Vostok 8 mission into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt, but this was cancelled.

He died in 1970 from peritonitis that resulted from an operation on a stomach ulcer and is buried in the Novodevichy convent in Moscow.

Pavel Belyayev was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union (March 23, 1965), Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star, numerous medals and foreign orders. He also bore the title of the Hero of Socialist Labor of Bulgaria, Hero of Vietnam, and Hero of Mongolia.

A minor planet 2030 Belyaev discovered in 1969 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh is named after him.^[1]

[edit] Books

Accounts of Belyayev's life and space career appear in the 2003 book "Fallen Astronauts" and the 2007 book Into That Silent Sea, both by Colin Burgess.

[edit] Stamps

1965

• Pavel Belyayev on Soviet Union 1965 Stamp 6 kopeks
• Soviet Union 1965: [1] with Aleksei Leonov
• Cuba 1965: [2], with Aleksei Leonov
• Bulgaria 1965: [3], 2 st with Aleksei Leonov
• Bulgaria 1965: [4], 1,50
• Bulgaria 1965: [5] with Aleksei Leonov
• DDR 1965: [6]
• DDR 1965: [7]
• Hungary 1965: [8]

1966

• Bulgaria 1966: [9], 13 st, with Aleksei Leonov
• Mali 1966: [10]
• Mauretania 1966: [11], 200f

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