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Misc<br><b>Remains:</b> Cremated, <a href="/cemetery/693/000208069/" class="proflink">Kremlin, Moscow, Russia</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/178/000068971/" class=proflink>Astronaut</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> Russia<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Pilot of Soyuz 1 plunged to his death<p><b>Military service:</b> Soviet Air Force<p>First to die in a space accident, when on 23 April 1967 the Soyuz 1 spacecraft he was piloting developed parachute problems and he plunged to earth. <p><b>Wife:</b> Valentina Yakovlevna Kiselyova (one son, one daughter)<br><b>Son:</b> Yevgeni<br><b>Daughter:</b> Irina<br><p> University: Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Moscow (1959)<br><p> <a href="/honors/935/000065740/">Order of Lenin</a> <br> <a href="/honors/782/000051629/">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> <br> <a href="/lists/919/000095634/">Asteroid Namesake</a> 1836 Komarov<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=86799" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>