The badge "VN Volkov" from the series "The first Soviet cosmonauts"

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The badge "VN Volkov" from the series "The First Soviet Cosmonauts": [photo] / photographer A. Melentiev. - Electronic data (1 file: 0.5 MB). - St. Petersburg: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, 2015. -
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In the photo: a souvenir badge "VN Volkov" from the series "The First Soviet Cosmonauts". Icon round shape, in the center of a male black and white portrait in a gold frame. Yellow metal, plastic, paper. The diameter is 19 mm. Needle fastening. On the reverse side - the brand of the manufacturer: Factory of art engraving on metal (Moscow), price 11 kopeks. Location: From a private collection. - Souvenir badge "VN Volkov" from the series "The first Soviet cosmonauts" is dedicated to the cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Vladislav Nikolaevich Volkov. The first interplanetary flight of V. Volkov took place on October 12, 1969 on board the Soyuz-7 spacecraft with A. Filipchenko and B. Gorbatko in the crew. On June 6, 1971, the Soyuz-11 spacecraft was launched with V. Volkov, G. Dobrovolsky and V. Patsayev on board. On the night of June 30, a premature opening of the ventilating valve took place and all air was strained. The crew died. On June 30, the pilots-cosmonauts were posthumously awarded the title of Heroes of the Soviet Union .
I. Melentiev, Alexei Mikhailovich (1958-). II. Presidential Library. B. N. Yeltsin (St. Petersburg). III. Factory of art engraving on metal (Moscow) .1. Volkov, Vladislav Nikolaevich (1935 - 1971) - Badges. 2. The people (the collection). 3. Open space (collection). 4. Pilots-cosmonauts - USSR - Badges. 5. Souvenir badges - the USSR.
ББК 63.3 (2) 633-7ю9
ББК 39.64ю9
Source of electronic copy: PB
Place of origin: From private collection
Publisher Президентская библиотека имени Б. Н. Ельцина
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