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Aug 03, 1935 Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine Died on 06 Apr 1997 (aged 61)
Soviet cosmonaut
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About Georgy Shonin
- Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: ???´???? ?????´????? ??´???) (August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960.
- He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons. Shonin's family hid a Jewish family from the Nazis during WWII.Shonin later worked as the director of the 30th Central Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defence (Russia). He died of a heart attack in 1997.
