Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov

• Salyut 7 EO -4-2 Soyuz T -14 ( 1985)

• Soyuz TM- 7 (1988/1989)

• Soyuz TM- 13 (1991/1992)

Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (Russian: Александр Александрович Волков, scientific transliteration Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, born May 27, 1948 in Gorlowka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut.

Volkov attended the Higher Military Aviation School " Sergei Gretsewets ", which he completed in 1970 in Kharkov. After that he stayed at the school and worked until his move in the Soviet cosmonaut squad as an instructor.

Alexander Volkov was selected as a cosmonaut on 1 December 1978. His basic training as a cosmonaut, he received from August 1976 to January 1979. He was the head of the cosmonaut studies between 1990 and 1998.

The Soyuz TM- 13 mission

Volkov was stationed during the dissolution of the Soviet Union on Mir. He was started on 2 October 1991, witnessed the dissolution of the USSR in space.

For political reasons, the Kazakh Toktar Aubakirow was sent to me in October 1991 instead of the planned long-term separation from Russia, cosmonaut without long-term experience, who returned after eight days on the earth. The living already on the Mir station cosmonaut Sergei Krikaljow had to extend his stay for half a year. The Russians thus came to meet a requirement of the soon independent Republic of Kazakhstan, on whose territory the Baikonur Cosmodrome is located.

What started Krikaljow as Soviet citizens, Volkov returned after 5 months on 25 March 1992 as a Russian back to Earth.

Private

Volkov is married and has two sons. One of them, Sergei Volkov, was also selected as a cosmonaut in 1997.