Леонид Кизим (1941 - 2010)

Born 5 Aug 1941 in Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union

Died 14 Jun 2010 at age 68 in Moscow, Russia

Biography

Leonid Кизим is Notable.

Leonid Denisovich Kizim (Леонид Денисович Кизим) born 5 August 1941 died 14 June 2010 was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Kizim was born in Krasnyi Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union (now Lyman, Ukraine). He graduated from Higher Air Force School in 1975; and served as a test pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He was selected as a cosmonaut on October 23, 1965. Kizim flew as Commander on Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-15, and also served as backup commander for Soyuz T-2. All together he spent 374 days 17 hours 56 minutes in space. On Soyuz T-15, he was part of the only crew to visit two space stations on one spaceflight (Mir and Salyut 7). He later served as Deputy Director Satellite Control-Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense; after May 1995 he was Director of the Military Engineering Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics in St. Petersburg.

He retired on June 13, 1987, and died on June 14, 2010. He is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia ^[1]

Leonid Kizim was married to Galina Fyodorovna with two children, Denis L. born 15 Jun 1973 and Tatyana L. born 24 May 1984.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #106637030
2. ↑ Spacefacts

See also:

• Leonid Kizim
• Wikidata: Item Q360060, en:Wikipedia