Georgi Shonin

Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін) (August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, 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. He later worked as the director of a defence research institute. Shonin died of a heart a... more

Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін) (August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, 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. He later worked as the director of a defence research institute. Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997. less