Veteran of the Battle of Stalingrad. Resident of Orenburg Oblast

Former Interior Minister of the U.S.S.R. (1988-1990); last KGB Director (1991)

Retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major general (Born: 1934) On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk