Biography Of Valentina Tereshkova
The world’s first woman-cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born March 6, 1937 in the village Maslennikovo Tutayev district of the Yaroslavl region. Her father was a tractor driver, was killed during the Soviet-Finnish war.
Her father was a tractor driver, was killed during the Soviet-Finnish war. Mother, Elena Tereshkova (Kruglov), worked on the farm, and after the great Patriotic war — at the Yaroslavl factory “Red Perekop”.
In 1953, Valentina Tereshkova graduated from the seven-year school in 1955 — evening school for working youth, 1960 — the Yaroslavl correspondence College of light industry.
Higher education in 1969 at the Military engineering Academy named after N. E. Zhukovsky on a speciality “pilot-cosmonaut-engineer”
Candidate of technical Sciences (1977).
Tereshkova career began in 1954 at the Yaroslavl tire plant scrollsize in the Assembly shop. Since 1955 worked at the Yaroslavl combine technical fabrics “Red Perekop” ravinica elentronica in the shop.
In 1960-1962 Tereshkova was a free Secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the plant.
In parallel was engaged in parachuting at Yaroslavl aviation club, having made 163 parachute jumps.
In March 1962, Valentina Tereshkova was enrolled in the cosmonaut-listeners. From March to November 1962, it passed General space training and after passing the state exam on 1 December he was enlisted in the cosmonaut detachment.
From January to may 1963 was preparing to fly on spacecraft “Vostok-6” program of the women’s flight as part of the group, together with Irina Solovieva, Valentina Ponomareva, Zhanna Erkinoy. Was appointed as the main candidate for the flight.
The first space flight of Valentina Tereshkova on June 16-19, 1963 as commander of the spacecraft “Vostok-6” program group flight with the spacecraft “Vostok-5”, piloted by Valery Bykovsky
Call Sign Was “Seagull”. The mission duration was two days 22 hours 50 minutes. During this time, her space craft 48 times orbited the Earth.
In 1965 and 1966, Tereshkova was trained in the group for flight on spacecraft “Voskhod”. In 1978, after the resumption of the idea of female flight, passed the State medical examination and received admission to special training.
In 1997, he was expelled from the cosmonaut corps in connection with the age limit and retired from the Armed forces in the rank of major-General of aviation
Since 1966, Valentina Tereshkova leads an active public and social activities.
In the years 1968-1987 she was Chairman of the Committee of Soviet women, 1969-1987, she was Vice President of the International democratic Federation of women.
Elected Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1966-1989), a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1974-1989).
In 1987-1992 Valentina Tereshkova was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Union of Soviet societies for friendship and cultural relations with foreign countries (ussf).
In the years 1992-2004 — Chairman of the Presidium of the Russian Association of international cooperation (RAMS).
In 1994-2004 Valentina Tereshkova headed the Russian center for international scientific and cultural cooperation under the government of the Russian Federation (since 2002 — under the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation) in 2002-2004 was a member of the Collegium of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In December 1995, Tereshkova ran for the State Duma of II convocation from the movement “Our house — Russia” and in December 2003 — the State Duma IV convocation of the electoral bloc “the Russian party of LIFE Party of Revival of Russia”; but she was not elected.
In 2008 she was elected Deputy of the State Duma of the Yaroslavl region (now the Yaroslavl regional Duma) of the fifth convocation, was a Deputy Chairman of the Yaroslavl regional Duma.
In December 2011, Valentina Tereshkova was elected Deputy of the State Duma of the VI convocation in the Federal list of candidates nominated by the party “United Russia”
In the state Duma of the VI convocation was Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Committee on international Affairs.
In 2016, was elected Deputy of the State Duma of the seventh convocation from party “United Russia”. Deputy Chairman of state Duma Committee on Federal structure and local self-government.
Valentina Tereshkova — the Hero of the Soviet Union (1963), pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR (1963), laureate of the State prize of the Russian Federation (2009). Awarded numerous awards of the USSR, Russia and other countries. Among them — two orders of Lenin (1963, 1981), order of October revolution (1971), red banner of Labor (1987), the order “For merits before Fatherland” I (2017), II (2007) and III (1997) degree, order of Honour (2003), order of Friendship (2011).
In 2013, she was awarded the order of Alexander Nevsky
She was also awarded the title of Hero of Socialist labor of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Mongolia. Tereshkova received a variety of awards for scientific, public, and religious organizations.
An honorary citizen of 18 Russian and foreign cities.
It is named after a crater on the moon and a small planet. In Moscow in the Alley of space heroes of the bronze bust of the first female astronaut.
Valentina Tereshkova was married twice. Her first husband was pilot-cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev (1929-2004). From this marriage in 1964 from Tereshkova’s daughter Elena. She subsequently graduated from medical school, worked as an orthopedic surgeon.
Second husband of Valentina Tereshkova was Yuliy Shaposhnikov (1931-1999), General-major of medical service, Director of the Central Institute of traumatology and orthopedics (CITO).
The material is based on information RIA Novosti and open source