Received a diploma in engineering from the Shukovsky Military Academy, Monino, 1968; doctorate degree, 1973; Colonel, Soviet Air Force, Ret.; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 18.01.1961; was assigned for Soyuz 2; member cosmonaut-group for the Soviet Luna Landing Program; he currently workes in Star City; hobbies: Politics, sports; first son, who was married with a daughter of V. Rozhdestvensky, died in 1986 in an aviation accident; he worked as leading test engineer within the TsPK until 1988; from 1988 to 1990 he was Director House of Soviet Sciences and Culture, Berlin; since 1990 he is a pensioneer.