Borys Volynov
Boris Valentinovich Volynov born December 18, 1934 in Irkutsk in Siberia. He was the first halakhic (by mother) Jewish cosmonaut. In 1953 he completed basic pilot training in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, and in 1955 graduated from an aviation school in Novosibirsk. From September 1961 to January 1968 he studied at the faculty of engineering of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and graduated with a diploma of a pilot-engineer-cosmonaut. Later in 1980 he defended a PhD at the same academy. After resigning from the space program in 1982, he spent eight years as a senior administrator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. After 30 years of service in Star City, in 1990, he retired in the rank of colonel.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz 5 Commander 15.01. - 18.01.1969 3d 00h 54m
2 Soyuz 21 Commander 06.07. - 24.08.1976 49d 06h 23m
Total 52d 07h 17m
