Valery Victorovich Ryumin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Рюмин, born August 16, 1939 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
In 1958, he was graduated from the Kaliningrad Mechanical Engineering Technical College with the specialty "Cold Working of Metal." In 1966, he was graduated from the Department of Electronics and Computing Technology of the Moscow Forestry Engineering Institute with the specialty "Spacecraft Control Systems."
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Valery Victorovich Ryumin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Рюмин, born August 16, 1939 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
In 1958, he was graduated from the Kaliningrad Mechanical Engineering Technical College with the specialty "Cold Working of Metal." In 1966, he was graduated from the Department of Electronics and Computing Technology of the Moscow Forestry Engineering Institute with the specialty "Spacecraft Control Systems."
Ryumin has been decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union (August 19, 1979 and October 11, 1980), and has been awarded other Russian and foreign decorations.
From 1958 to 1961, Ryumin served in the army as a tank commander.
From 1966 to the present, he has been employed at the Rocket Space Corporation Energia, holding the positions of: Ground Electrical Test Engineer, Deputy Lead Designer for Orbital Stations, Department Head, and Deputy General Designer for Testing. He helped develop and prepare all orbital stations, beginning with Salyut-1....
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