Dobrovolsky, Volkov, Patsaev: last interview. Biographies of astronomers, scientists, cosmonauts Dobrovolsky cosmonaut family

Georgy Dobrovolsky was born on June 1, 1928 in Odessa, Ukraine. Member of the CPSU since 1954. He was raised by his mother. When the Great Patriotic War began he was 13 years old. Georgy dug trenches, extinguished lighters, and helped defend his hometown. When Odessa fell in the fall of 1941, I decided to fight the invaders in the ranks of the partisans. A Romanian military court sentenced him to 25 years of hard labor. On March 19, 1944, shortly before the liberation of the city, he managed to escape using forged documents prepared by the underground.

After the war he entered the Odessa Special Air Force School. In the Soviet Army since 1946. He graduated from the Chuguev Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1950. He served in fighter aviation, rising from an ordinary pilot to deputy squadron commander for political affairs.

In January 1963, he joined the cosmonaut corps. In 1964 he graduated from the Air Force Academy in absentia. In preparation for space flights, Dobrovolsky did not spare his strength, striving to delve into the specifics of the work of an astronaut down to the smallest detail. He worked intensely and with full dedication for all 8 years until the day when the State Commission approved him as the commander of the crew of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the orbital manned scientific station Salyut.

In 1971, on June 6 at 7.55 Moscow time, a launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz11 spacecraft launched into space. On June 7 at 10.45 the ship docked with the Salyut orbital station, which had been in orbit since April 19. From that moment on, for the first time in the world, a manned scientific station began to operate in orbit. The flight lasted 23 days. During this time, the crew completed an extensive program of testing station systems, biomedical research and astrophysical experiments. According to Academician M.V. Keldysh, the experiments carried out “open up great prospects for meteorology, geology, geography, the study of the ocean, vegetation and resources of the Earth.”

In 1971, on June 30, during the return to Earth, the descent module depressurized. When the search group opened the hatch of the descent vehicle, they found the astronauts sitting motionless at their workplaces. All resuscitation measures were unsuccessful. The ship's crew died.

He was buried on Red Square in the Kremlin wall.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 30, 1971, for the courage and heroism shown in space flight, Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Timofeevich Dobrovolsky was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Lenin and medals.

Enlisted forever in the lists of the military unit. An asteroid in the constellation Leo, a research ship of the USSR Academy of Sciences, streets in a number of cities, schools in Odessa and Vladivostok are named after Dobrovolsky. Honorary citizen of the hero city of Odessa. In Odessa, a monument was erected on his avenue.

The editors thank Yuri Sergeevich Apenchenko, associate professor of the department of literary excellence at the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute, for providing unique materials.

Instead of a preface

The end of the 1960-1970s was a time of intense struggle in the space race between the superpowers of the USSR and the USA.

After the first dizzying successes, the Soviet cosmonautics suffered crushing losses. In 1966, General Designer Korolev suddenly died, and the following year, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died during an unsuccessful landing of the new Soyuz-1 spacecraft.

In 1968, a plane crash took the life of the planet's first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.

Against this background, the Americans are triumphant. In 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft with a crew of three landed on the Moon. But the space race is not just a duel between the Soviet “Soyuz” and the American “Apollo” - it is a struggle of ideologies, a war of meanings. Each new step of the opponent should be stunning. How to respond to the American lunar landing?

In April 1971, the Soviet Union made a technological breakthrough and launched the world's first manned orbital station, Salyut-1, into space. The world's first multi-day Soviet space expedition is sent to it. However, the Soyuz-10 ship only unsuccessfully docks with the station. Cosmonauts V. Shatalov, A. Eliseev, N. Rukavishnikov undock with heroic efforts without damaging Salyut-1, and return to Earth without even visiting the station.

A race is a race. At the beginning of the summer of 1971, the Soviet leadership was preparing a new crew for the flight to the orbital station. And again an emergency situation... Two days before the launch, doctors find darkening on the lungs of the Soyuz-11 flight engineer Valery Kubasov. The state commission removes the entire crew from the flight, not yet having time to find out that Kubasov’s unexpectedly discovered illness is just an allergic reaction.

Cosmonauts Alexey Leonov, Valery Kubasov, Pyotr Kolodin remain on Earth; a backup crew is assigned for the flight: Dobrovolsky, Volkov, Patsayev.

The unexpected castling is a blow for Leonov’s main crew and a great success for the backup crew. Especially for the crew commander, Lieutenant Colonel Georgy Dobrovolsky. He has been in the cosmonaut corps for eight years and understands perfectly well: you can spend years, at the limit of human capabilities, preparing for a space flight, but you will forever remain a backup cosmonaut on Earth.

But no one knows that the backup crew drew a tragic fate. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev, having docked to the orbital station, extinguished the fire on it and, having worked in space for twenty-three days, died during their return to Earth due to depressurization of the descent module. Another reason for their death is that the astronauts do not have spacesuits. They fly into space in flight suits and caps. This, by the way, is also an echo of the star race.

Without spacesuits, the Soviet spacecraft can accommodate not two, but three cosmonauts - one more than the Americans.

But there would be no great victories in Russian cosmonautics if they had not been preceded by great defeats.

“We were constantly being urged: “Hurry up!” Quicker!"

Yuri Sergeevich Apenchenko, essayist, teacher at the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute, author of one of the most famous essays about cosmonauts “Night on the Mountain”, former special correspondent for the newspaper Pravda. He covered events related to space research and flights, he was one of the journalists who asked questions at the last interview with the Soyuz-11 crew.

“I don’t remember a case where the space crew was replaced literally on the eve of launch,” he wrote in his foreword to the transcript of the interview. - I don’t think this happened at all, that’s why I don’t remember. Before the meeting of the decisive state commission, I saw them only once (except for Vadim Volkov, whom I knew from the first flight) - I flew with them from Chkalovsky to the cosmodrome in a half-empty plane. And here you go - please! The trio starting tomorrow on Soyuz-11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev.

And not at all Alexey Leonov, Valery Kubasov, Pyotr Kolodin, for which we prepared in advance: we met, talked, asked questions at the traditional press conference in Zvezdny. Doctors suddenly discovered a darkening in Valera Kubasov’s lung.

The question was: should I change the flight engineer or the entire crew? The crew was replaced, which is understandable: this tiny team has been working together for years. Pyotr Kolodin, for example, by that time (ten years after Gagarin) was already known as an eternal understudy. Slava Golovanov said that in the evening Peter came to his hotel and bitterly complained: “Now I will never fly again!” And Vasily Pavlovich Mishin reproached him for a historical mistake.

If you had not read, but listened to our conversation with Georgy Dobrovolsky and his comrades, you would have noticed the continuous roar that accompanied it. They were carrying chairs out of the meeting room of the state commission. We were given time for conversation as an exception and were constantly urged: “Hurry up! Quicker!". Before the start, the crew always has a lot of worries. Philips was with me that day, and naturally I turned it on. No one else had a tape recorder. Yes, even if there was... I have a photograph on my wall of those days - our journalistic team at the foot of the rocket: Yaroslav Golovanov (Komsomolskaya Pravda), Mikhail Rebrov (Red Star), Boris Konovalov (Izvestia), Alexey Gorokhov ( APN), Nikolay Zheleznov (TASS).

And I can no longer meet with any of them. I am writing alone.

On June 4, 1971, two days before the launch of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft, six journalists from central publications of the USSR interviewed the crew - Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsaev. Among the journalists was Pravda newspaper correspondent Yuri Apenchenko, who recorded the interview on a tape recorder. Forty-five years later, on the anniversary of the tragic death of the cosmonauts, he handed over this unique recording to the editors of the Aerospace Sphere magazine, along with photographs that had never been published before.

A strange feeling arises when you listen to this tape - live voices, general laughter, which every now and then interrupts the informal conversation. It seems as if you have traveled in a time machine to that amazing time - the time of the beginning of space exploration.

It’s just a pity that you can’t warn the crew about the danger...

Viktor Ivanovich PATSAYEV. Pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously). Research engineer of Soyuz-11 and the Salyut-1 orbital station. On board the station he carried out a large complex of scientific research. Viktor Patsaev is the first astronomer on the planet who worked above the Earth's atmosphere. Participated in the development of space technology samples. S.P. Korolev loved this cosmonaut very much. “Learn patience from Patsayev,” said the chief designer. On June 19, 1971, Patsayev celebrated his 38th birthday on board the station. As a gift from the crew, he received an onion and a lemon, smuggled on board the ship. After pureed space food, this was a royal treat.

Victor Patsayev: “The children don’t know, it will be a surprise for them”...

- Victor, what have you been doing in Moscow in recent days?

V. I. Patsaev: I was preparing for the upcoming flight. At home - nothing special. I congratulated my son and daughter on the successful completion of the school year. Son Dima, daughter Svetlana, 13 and 9 years old. They finished well, well done, I'm pleased with them. We went and relaxed one Sunday on the territory of the Pirogovskoye Reservoir. We caught some fish using fishing rods. There was no more free time.

- What did you read?

I came across a wonderful collection of poems. I like many writers and poets. As a child, I was fond of Jack London and loved Lermontov’s poems. I knew a lot by heart. I love our classics, science fiction: stories by Stanislav Lem, the Strugatsky brothers, Arthur Clarke.

- Were you seriously involved in sports before you started preparing for the flight?

I was studying. Not professionally, but a lot. I went skiing a lot. I went fishing and hunting. He was involved in fencing, shooting, and many sports.

- Do your family know that you are flying?

Mother, wife - yes. Nobody else. The children don’t know; it will be a surprise for them.

Vladislav Nikolaevich VOLKOV. Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (the second time the title was awarded posthumously). Participated in the creation of the Vostok and Voskhod spacecraft. In 1969, he made his first flight as a flight engineer of the Soyuz-7 spacecraft. Flight engineer of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the Salyut-1 orbital space station. On board the station, Volkov was engaged in testing on-board systems and conducting scientific experiments. Journalists nicknamed Volkov the Footballer for his love of football. He was interested in football news even in orbit. “See you on Earth, prepare some cognac,” joked Vladislav Volkov during the last communication session with the Mission Control Center.

Vladislav Volkov: “Cosmonauts have never come to the Kirov region before me”

- Vladislav, you said that you traveled a lot around the country...

V. N. Volkov: I consider myself lucky. The trips were very interesting: exactly what I wanted to see. First - to the Far East. I stayed there for 14 days: on Sakhalin, Khabarovsk, Ussuriysk. Met with border guards at outposts. I have already published notes about this trip. Then he traveled to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan for Komsomol congresses. I had to meet a lot with young people, talk a lot about my flight, friends, profession, work. I was also at a regional conference in the Kirov region. This trip is especially dear to me. There had never been any cosmonauts in the Kirov region, so I was greeted very warmly, even elected an honorary citizen of the city. I have developed good relations with Kirov residents.

- What do you get satisfaction from?

Because I am needed, that people need my work. This is a very difficult and responsible task, but I am glad because I understand that I will make some contribution to the development of the tasks that are now facing us.

Georgy Timofeevich DOBROVOLSKY. Pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously), lieutenant colonel of the Air Force. Commander of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the Salyut-1 orbital space station. On board the station he carried out a large complex of scientific research. During the war he was in occupied Odessa. As a fifteen-year-old teenager, he decided to fight the invaders alone. He took out a weapon, but did not have time to use it; at the beginning of 1944 he was captured by the Gestapo. For possession of a revolver, he was sentenced to 25 years of hard labor; he escaped from prison using false documents. In the service description of the military pilot it was written: “Flies with ecstasy.”

Georgy Dobrovolsky: “The meaning of life is in life, guys, just in life!”

- Georgy, what do you get pleasure from in life, what do you like?

G. T. Dobrovolsky: Feeling of free flight. It’s simply impossible to convey - this feeling is so pleasant: to control, to control the body. Is the person afraid or not afraid? Yes, he is afraid. But this is a special kind of fear. This is not fear. This is when you have all your nerves (and this is not for show, it’s somewhere inside), all your muscles are tense, and you are all focused on transforming everything into a clear, correct movement. This is a special charm.

So I wanted to be a sailor. He applied for admission to a nautical school in 1944. I dreamed terribly about the sea. Then suddenly a friend told me about the aviation school. Even before the war I liked it: the uniform was dark and so on. In general, I was extremely happy about the emergence of pre-war special schools. But I can’t say that I dreamed about aviation. Everything was obscured by the sea. But when my friend went to a special school, I followed him. And as soon as I got there, brothers, I just got hooked - and I couldn’t do anything else, although the naval uniform seemed better to me. I definitely wanted to become a fighter, the best fighter pilot...

- When and how did you join the cosmonaut corps?

In 1962, somewhere in January, just during the events in Cuba. I was drafted into the army, and I thought that they would send me there. I gladly came to the commander. I go into the lobby - there are already several people there. One comes out, I ask him: “What is it there? What questions are they asking? - “They told me not to talk.” I again: “What are they asking? Where are they sending? And he again: “I can’t say.” I walk in and there is the head of counterintelligence, the head of the medical service, and the chief of staff immediately asks the question: “Listen, Dobrovolsky, when will the chaos in your regiment end?” I think: “Oh my, I thought about going to Cuba to fight, but here...”. Yes, we fight, I say, we fight. And the chief of staff: “Well, cunning! It's good." Then: “How is your health?” I say: “My health is good, I’m not complaining. And I’m ready to carry out any of your orders.” He quickly, quickly: “Now you’ll find out what, and you’ll refuse.” I say: “No, I won’t refuse.” He: “Do you want to fly into space?”

Brothers, I could have expected anything: well, they’ll send me somewhere to fight, to be a teacher somewhere, maybe to the Diplomatic Academy... Oh my God! I didn't expect this at all. I was 35 years old. Yura has already flown, German has flown, everything is on the rise!.. The boss says: “What are you doing? What happened to you? Because? Do you agree or disagree? Do you need to think? I couldn’t even say anything in response, I was so happy.

Before, I thought that an airline line would run through my life. And then suddenly something new, unknown came.

We passed a commission in the district. Of all the candidates, five people were selected and sent to Moscow. And here, brothers, it began! Some enemas, tests, urine, feces before, feces after that, instead of this, and so on... The selection went in three rounds. I had no idea that there would be such difficulties, but when I completed the first round, I was already “infected” and sick with it so much that I realized: no matter what, I will endure everything.

- Tell us about the first day you appeared in the squad.

G. T. Dobrovolsky: It was January 25, 1963. Then the first credentials committee took place in the old club. We saw Gagarin for the first time. I didn’t even think that he was such a wonderful guy - just creepy! He says: “Well, guys, that’s it. You have passed the most important thing. Now don’t worry, we’ll support you.” At this credentials commission, by the way, I was asked the question: “How do you promote the decision of the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Central Committee in the personal relations of the political department?” I answered in elegant tones... And then the second question, no less significant: “How do you evaluate your work as the head of the political department?” It's easier to hang yourself...

- Did you try on Gagarin’s feelings before the start?

No, guys, I didn’t try it on, God knows. It’s clear that when you have an exam at the institute in the morning, you’re both worried and don’t sleep well. I don’t know what will happen to me before the start. But I can well imagine the state before a parachute jump, before flying. You're worried. My heart is beating fast. Muscles are tense. Just one thought. Outwardly, it may not be visible: your hands are not shaking, there is no confusion. But the tension of muscles, nerves, mind - everything is aimed at doing your job as best as possible. This is not fear in the usual sense, it is fear due to responsibility. And now I feel a very great, extreme responsibility - I would like to reduce the feeling of this responsibility at least a little.

- When did you find out that your crew was flying? Was this yesterday? Kirill Pletner, editor-in-chief of the magazine "VKS" and
Anna Klimenko, executive secretary, candidate of historical sciences

Dobrovolsky Georgy Timofeevich - commander of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the world's first orbital station "Salyut", USSR pilot-cosmonaut, lieutenant colonel.

Born on June 1, 1928 in the city of Odessa (Ukraine) in a working-class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1954. When George was 2 years old, his father left the family. He was raised by his mother. Studied at school. When the Great Patriotic War began he was 13 years old. Georgy dug trenches, extinguished lighters, and helped defend his hometown. When Odessa fell in the fall of 1941, I decided to fight the invaders in the ranks of the partisans. He got hold of a pistol, but did not have time to use it. During the raid he was captured, beaten and thrown into prison for carrying a weapon. A Romanian military court sentenced him to 25 years of hard labor. On March 19, 1944, shortly before the liberation of the city (Odessa was liberated on April 10), he managed to escape using forged documents prepared by the underground.

After the war he entered the Odessa Special Air Force School. In the Soviet Army since 1946. He graduated from the Chuguev Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1950. He served in fighter aviation, rising from an ordinary pilot to deputy squadron commander for political affairs.

In January 1963, he joined the cosmonaut corps. In 1964 he graduated from the Air Force Academy in absentia. When preparing for space flights, Dobrovolsky spared no effort and strove to understand the specifics of the work of an astronaut down to the smallest detail. He worked intensely and with full dedication for all 8 years until the day when the State Commission approved him as the commander of the crew of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the orbital manned scientific station Salyut.

On June 6, 1971, at 7.55 Moscow time, the launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz-11 spacecraft launched into space. On June 7 at 10.45 the ship docked with the Salyut orbital station, which had been in orbit since April 19. From that moment on, for the first time in the world, a manned scientific station began to operate in orbit. The flight lasted 23 days. During this time, the crew completed an extensive program of testing station systems, biomedical research and astrophysical experiments. According to Academician M.V. Keldysh, the experiments carried out “open up great prospects for meteorology, geology, geography, the study of the ocean, vegetation and resources of the Earth.”

On June 30, 1971, during the return to Earth, the descent module depressurized (a valve opened prematurely, releasing air). When the search group opened the hatch of the descent vehicle, they found the astronauts sitting motionless at their workplaces. All resuscitation measures were unsuccessful. The crew of the ship (Dobrovolsky Georgy Timofeevich, Volkov Vladislav Nikolaevich, Patsaev Viktor Ivanovich) died.

On June 30, 1971, G.T. Dobrovolsky was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Lenin and medals.

He was buried on Red Square in the Kremlin wall. Enlisted forever in the lists of the military unit. An asteroid in the constellation Leo, a research ship of the USSR Academy of Sciences, streets in a number of cities, schools No. 10 in Odessa and No. 54 in Vladivostok are named after Dobrovolsky. Honorary citizen of the city of Odessa. In Odessa, a monument was erected on his avenue. In Mogilev, a memorial plaque was installed on the street named after him. The International Trampoline Tournament was held in memory of Dobrovolsky.

Dobrovolsky Georgy Timofeevich - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Born on June 1, 1928 in Odessa in a working-class family. When George was 2 years old, his father left the family. He was raised by his mother. Studied at school.
In 1941, war broke out, and soon the city was besieged by fascist and Romanian troops. A 13-year-old teenager helped dig trenches, looked after the wounded in the hospital, and tried to join a partisan detachment to beat the invaders. All attempts led to nothing: he’s still too young.
However, George didn’t want to sit idle either. Together with the same teenage friends, Dobrovolsky dreamed of revenge. Imitating adults, they decided to assemble their own partisan detachment, and the first task for everyone was to search for weapons. The guys found several pistols, machine guns, and grenades. They kept the pistols with them, and buried the machine guns in the ground so that they could use the weapons at the first opportunity.
They were tracked down. The gendarmerie police came to the Dobrovolskys with a search very unexpectedly. There was no way for Zhora to hide the pistol. The weapon was found and the 15-year-old was taken to prison. There was no leniency for age: on February 22, 1944, the young prisoner was sentenced by a military court to 25 years of hard labor. Largely due to the fact that during the torture he did not betray any of his comrades.
They didn’t forget him, they arranged an escape. This happened on March 19th. And less than a month later, on April 10, the first battalions of Soviet troops entered Odessa, bringing with them liberation from the occupation.
After the liberation of Odessa in 1944, Georgy passed exams for grades 7 and 8 and entered school No. 58 in grade 9, and then transferred to a special Air Force school. In 1946 he graduated from the 10th grade of the special air force school in Odessa.
Georgy Timofevich has been in the Soviet Army since 1946. He graduated from the Chuguev Military Aviation School of Pilots (VAUL) with a 2nd category qualification as a fighter pilot in 1950.
From November 9, 1950, he served as a pilot, and from November 11, 1952, as a senior pilot of the 965th Fighter Aviation Regiment (IAP) of the 123rd Fighter Aviation Division (IAD) of the Air Defense of the 32nd VIA of the Donbass Air Defense Region (October 14, 1952, the division was redeployed to East Germany and became part of the 71st Fighter Aviation Corps (IAC) of the 24th VA).
In 1952 he graduated from the evening University of Marxism-Leninism.
From January 19, 1955, he served as deputy squadron commander for political affairs, and from November 18, 1955, he served as a flight commander. On October 1, 1956, the 123rd IAD became part of the 30th VA of the Baltic Military District and was redeployed to the city of Valga, Estonian SSR. On March 6, 1959, the 965th IAP became part of the 263rd IAD of the 30th VA.
On November 17, 1959, the 965th IAP was renamed the 965th 2nd Line Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (APIB).
From May 7, 1960, he served as a flight commander, and from November 25, 1960, as a navigator and deputy squadron commander.
On July 7, 1961, he graduated from the correspondence department of the Air Force Academy (VVA) with a degree in Command and Staff Air Force. From July 29, 1961 - deputy squadron commander for political affairs, from October 12, 1961 - head of the political department, deputy commander for political affairs of the 43rd separate APIB of the 30th VA of the Baltic Military District.
On March 6, 1962, he was recognized as one of the best air wing commanders. In the same year, he underwent a medical examination at the Central Military Research Aviation Hospital (TsVNIAG) and in May 1962 received permission from the Central Medical Flight Commission (TsVLK).
On September 6, 1971, by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 192, he was forever included in the lists of personnel of military unit 23300 (1st aviation squadron).
On January 8, 1963, at a meeting of the credentials commission, he was recommended for enrollment in the cosmonaut corps. By order of the Air Force Commander-in-Chief No. 14 of January 10, 1963, he was enrolled in the Cosmonaut Training Center as a student-cosmonaut.
In 1964 he graduated from the Air Force Academy in absentia. When preparing for space flights, Dobrovolsky spared no effort and strove to understand the specifics of the work of a cosmonaut down to the smallest detail. He worked with full dedication for all 8 years until the day when the State Commission approved him as the commander of the crew of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft and the orbital manned scientific station Salyut.
On June 6, 1971, at 7.55 Moscow time, a launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz-11 spacecraft was launched into space. On June 7 at 10.45 the ship docked with the Salyut orbital station, which had been in orbit since April 19. From that moment on, for the first time in the world, a manned scientific station began in orbit. The flight lasted 23 days. During this time, the crew completed an extensive program of testing station systems, biomedical research and astrophysical experiments. According to Academician M.V. Keldysh, the experiments carried out open up great prospects for meteorology, geology, geography, the study of the ocean, vegetation and resources of the Earth.
On June 30, when returning to earth, the descent module depressurized (a valve opened prematurely, releasing air). When the search group opened the hatch of the descent vehicle, they found the astronauts sitting motionless at their workplaces. All resuscitation measures were unsuccessful. The crew of the ship (Dobrovolsky Georgy Timofeevich, Volkov Vladislav Nikolaevich, Patsaev Viktor Ivanovich) died.

Cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsaev and Vladislav Volkov

On June 30, 1971, G. T. Dobrovolsky was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Lenin and medals.

USSR stamp "The feat of heroes will live for centuries" (In memory of the crew of the Soyuz-11 spaceship)

He was buried on Red Square in the Kremlin wall. Enlisted forever in the lists of the military unit. An asteroid in the constellation Leo, a research ship of the USSR Academy of Sciences, streets in a number of cities, schools 10 in Odessa and 54 in Vladivostok are named after Dobrovolsky. Honorary citizen of the city of Odessa. In Odessa, on the avenue named after him. In Mogilev, a memorial plaque was installed on the street named after him. The International Trampoline Tournament was held in memory of Dobrovolsky.

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