Abdul Ahad Mohmand

Abdul Ahad Mohmand

male, 50 years old
afghan, cosmonaut, gmt, kabul, pashtun, Hero of the Soviet Union…Dzhezkazgan
Abdul Ahad Mohmand became the first cosmonaut from Afghanistan. He spent nine days in space aboard the Mir space station in 1988. This historical...
Georgi Ivanov

Georgi Ivanov

male, 69 years old
Georgi Kakalov, Dolna Mitropolia, Russian, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Intercosmos…Dzhezkazgan
Georgi Ivanov (born Georgi Kakalov, born July 2, 1940) is the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in...
Oleg Yankovsky

Oleg Yankovsky

male, 65 years old
Lenkom Theatre, Nostalghia, An Ordinary Miracle, Flights in Dreams and Reality, My Sweet and Tender Beast, Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky…Dzhezkazgan
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (b. Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, February 23, 1944) is a Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles...

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

male, 67 years old
cosmonaut, Intercosmos, Salyut 6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, person of African ancestry, space adaptation syndrome…Dzhezkazgan
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to t...