Gorbatko Viktor Vasilievich, whose biography is closely related to space, is an engineer and researcher who worked on the Soyuz-7 spacecraft. Head of the orbital station. President of the Society of Philatelists.
Family, childhood
Victor Vasilyevich Gorbatko was born on December 3, 1934 in the Krasnodar Territory, in the village of Venets-Zarya. Now it is the Gulkevichi district. By nationality - Russian. His family was simple. Father, Vasily Pavlovich, worked as a veterinarian at a stud farm. Mother, Matrena Alexandrovna, worked on a collective farm. Victor Vasilievich spent his childhood and school years in the village "Voskhod", which was built from a stud farm.
Education
Gorbatko Viktor Vasilievich graduated from high school. In 1952, he was called up for military service in the army. Viktor Vasilievich received a direction in aviation. At first he studied at the Pavlograd Aviation School of primary training for pilots. He graduated in 1953.
Then in 1956 he entered the Bataysk Military Aviation College. Serova. Viktor Vasilyevich did not stop there and entered the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy. He studied at the Faculty of Engineering. He graduated from the academy in 1968.
Ranks
From 1956 to 1960 Viktor Vasilievich is the twenty-first cosmonaut and senior pilot of the 86th Guards Aviation Regiment of fighter aircraft of the 119th Division of the Odessa District. From 1960 to 1982, he was an astronaut. Since 1970, he was the deputy commander of a space detachment, and since 1971, he was the commander and deputy head of the CPC. Since 1974 - an instructor-cosmonaut. Since 1976 - the head of the special forces cosmonaut group. Since 1978 - senior instructor of space pilots.
In the eighty-second year, Viktor Gorbatko was appointed deputy chairman of the Sports Committee of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union. From 1987 to 1992 - Head of the faculty of the Academy. Zhukovsky (correspondence department). In 1992, he finished his service in aviation and retired, being in the rank of major general of the reserve.
"Space career"
Gorbatko was enlisted in the cosmonaut squad in 1960. He made three flights into orbit. The first Viktor Vasilyevich made on the Soyuz-7 spacecraft in 1969. The flight lasted four days and twenty-three hours. Viktor Vasilyevich took off as a research engineer. During the flight, 3 ships were maneuvering and approaching.
The second spacewalk was in 1977 at Soyuz-24 and the fifth orbital station. This time Viktor Vasilievich was the head of the spacecraft and Salyut-5 (station in orbit). The flight lasted seventeen days and seventeen hours.
The third flight took place in 1980 on the Soyuz-36 (and 37) and Salyut-6 (sixth orbital station) ships. Viktor Vasilievich was in the position of commander. The flight was carried out in conjunction with the Vietnamese Pham Thuan.
For all three flights into space, the total time spent in low Earth orbit was 30 days, 12 hours. and 48 minutes Three times he was in backup crews.
Social work
Gorbatko Viktor Vasilievich was engaged in public educational work. He was the head and board member of many organizations. For example, the president of several societies (Mongolia, friendship of the Russian Federation with Abkhazia). And also presided over the union of philatelists of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. From 1989 to 1992 was in the post of deputy of the Soviet Union. In 1995 and 1999 tried to run for State Duma, but he did not succeed. During this period, he was an adviser to the deputy chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Awards and Achievements
Viktor Vasilievich (pilot-cosmonaut) was the repeated champion of Star City in tennis and chess. The flights of all Soyuz spacecraft (7.24 and 37), in which Gorbatko took part, were marked separately. Each departure was accompanied by the release of a separate series of postage stamps.
Among state awards has six different medals and ten anniversary awards, five orders. From other states, Gorbatko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of War and fifteen medals for various merits. Separately, it is worth highlighting the Russian public medal for the development of Russian collection business.
Victor Vasilyevich Gorbatko in philately
In 1988, the fifth Plenum of the Philatelist Society (WOF) was held. At it, Viktor Vasilyevich was elected by a majority of votes the chairman and active member of the presidium of this organization. At the eighty-ninth at the sixth congress of the VOF, Gorbatko became chairman of the Central Board of the Philatelic Union.
At the third congress of the SFR, which was held in 2001, Viktor Vasilyevich was elected by a majority vote the president of the Union of Philatelists of the Russian Federation. And on December 12 of the same year, he received the prefix “Honorary” for this title.
Personal life
Gorbatko Victor Vasilievich was married twice. Both his spouses worked in the medical field. The first wife, Valentina Pavlovna Ordynskaya, worked as a gynecologist in a regular clinic. In this marriage, their daughters Irina and Marina were born. Both received an economic education. The second time Gorbatko married Alla Viktorovna, who works as a pediatrician.