Shonin Biography

Georgy Shonin - biography, news, personal life Age: 89 From the birthday of death: 61 years old Georgy Stepanovich Shonin. Born on August 3 in the Rovenks of the Voroshilovgrad region - died on April 6 in the Star Town of the Moscow Region. Soviet astronaut. Hero of the Soviet Union General of Aviation Lieutenant Georgy Shonin was born on August 3 in the Rovenks of the Voroshilovgrad now Luhansk region.

In the early days of the Great Patriotic War, he went to the front. Missing. Mother - Sofya Vladimirovna Shonina in the girlishness of wasteland; -; He was buried in the 2nd Christian cemetery in Odessa. Brother - Oleg Stepanovich Shonin - worked as a doctor in a dental clinic. He was buried in the 2nd Christian cemetery in Odessa next to his mother. Sister - Juliet Stepanovna Ruban Shonina; genus.

In the city of Rovenki, the Voroshilovgrad region lived with his parents under the age of four.

In the year he graduated from the Stalin Naval Aviation School. Then he served in the Air Force. He served with Yuri Gagarin, who spoke about him like this: “It is simple in communication. Volitional, straight, honest. What he thinks is not fraught with himself. If you do not like it, cut directly. Respect him with us. He flew well in simple and difficult conditions, but it will happen to another, he will give the last shirt.

” But here, finally, Yuri returns. And on a wide smile, which he still met me from afar, I realized: passed! We agreed to meet in the evening, and Yuri will tell you all in order, slowly. Despite the fact that I had served in the north for two years and knew Yuri for a long time, I got home for the first time I was eager to start a conversation, and he was all fiddling with his daughter.

I was waiting. But Valya invited us to the table. During dinner, Yuri began his unusual and very long -awaited story for me and for Vali about what he had to find out, test and survive in Moscow. After a story about any difficult study, seeing how “my face is sour”, he encouraged: “You are not a timid, Zhora!” This only at first glance seems terrible and complicated.

Not the gods burn pots. You will pass, I'm sure! Yura spoke in detail, not missing the details I left the Gagarins after midnight. He slowly wandered into his hotel on a fellow, covered with snow. I suddenly felt calmer, as I already knew that he was waiting for me in Moscow, in the hospital. ” In the year he graduated from the N. Air Academy Academy of Economic Academy into space his space flight made in the period on October 11-October 16 as the commander of the Soyuz-6 ship, Valery Kubasov was the sorcerer.

The flight duration was 4 days 22 hours 42 minutes 47 seconds. The flight took place simultaneously with the flight of the Soyuz-7 and Soyuz-8 spacecraft. During the flight, for the first time in the world, experiments were carried out on welding in space on equipment developed at the Kiev Institute of Electric welding named after E. In addition, the Fakel experiment was conducted in the flight to detect the launches of ballistic missiles.

In the years he was the head of the department of the Military Programs of Almaz and Soyuz-V-VI. In the years - the head of the second management, the training base of the Cosmonauts training center. In the year, expelled from the detachment in connection with the transfer to a flight position to the Air Force. Candidate of Technical Sciences in years - Deputy Commander of the 5th Air Army of the Odessa Military District.

In years - deputy commander of the Air Force of the Odessa Military District. In the years - the head of the department of the apparatus of the head of the Air Force weapons, dealt with experimental construction and serial orders. In the year, he was dismissed in the reserve. The author of the book "The very first." He died on April 6 from heart failure.

He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Leonikha, Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow region. The reception daughter is Nina Georgievna Shonina Kuklin; Son - Andrey Georgievich Shonin Rod. Daughter - Olga Georgievna Shonina Rod. The second wife is Lyudmila Valentinovna Shonina Atrahenko; genus. In the second marriage, the son of Antei Georgievich Shonin Rod.