Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)

Vladimir Shatalov

Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), and Soyuz 10 (1971). From 1987 to 1991, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Lieutenant General, Soviet Air Force (1975).