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The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Bella was born in Maghnia, Algeria, in 1916. He served in the French Army during the Second World War. After the war he became involved in the independence movement and in 1949 became leader of Organisation Speciale, the paramilitary wing of the Party of the Algerian People.
Ben Bella was captured in 1952 but he escaped to Egypt where he founded the National Liberation Front (FLN). Under the leadership of Ben Bella the FLN fought a long war of independence from France.
Eddie.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Air Force Pilot, passed through the Air Force Acadamy.
Director of the Air and Space museum in Prag.
Later he represented the Firm CZ-Turbo CAZ in Nishni Nowgorod (Rußland)
Now works in the Czech Embassy in Russia.
Eddie.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
1911–98, Bulgarian political leader. A printer, and a Communist party member from 1932, he rose to prominence as a partisan leader during World War II and headed the coup against the monarchy in Sept., 1944. In 1948 he became a member of the Communist party central committee. His steady rise culminated in 1954 when he became first secretary of the party. He served (1962–71) as premier before assuming (1971) the post of president of Bulgaria. He maintained close relations with the Soviet Union throughout his tenure, making Bulgaria the most compliant Soviet satellite. On Nov. 10, 1989, Zhivkov was ousted from the presidency following a revolt against him within the Communist party that was backed by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and his supporters in the politburo were purged. His 1992 conviction on corruption charges was voided in 1996.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Graduated from Airforce Academy; Lieutenant Colonel; doctorate degree; Deputy Director, Institute of Space Research; Academy of Science, Bulgaria; was selected as backup for Soyuz 33; currently he works as a research scientist.
Eddie.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Pilot of the Cuban Airforce; graduated from Air Force Academy; later Director of Organization for Civil Defense in Cuba.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Sigmund Jaehn was born on February 13, 1937 in the city of Morgenroethe-Rauthenkranz (Vogtland) to a working family. In 1943, he entered primary school in Rauthenkranz. In 1951, he graduated from the 8th grade, and began studying printing. At the Falkenstein Printing House in Klingenthal he received his printer's diploma. In 1955, based on an appeal of the Union of Free German Youth, he entered the National People's Army of the GDR and was enlisted as a cadet at the Franz Mehring Higher Air Force Officer School. After graduation in 1958, he served with the Air Force of the National People’s Army of the GDR. In 1970, he graduated from the Gagarin Air Force Academy in the USSR, and continued service in the Air Force of the GDR as a pilot-inspector. Fluent in Russian, he translated into German a number of Soviet military and political publications.
In 1976 he was accepted into the Soviet cosmonaut unit (1976 Intercosmos Group # 1) together with Eberhard Koellner. He underwent the full general space preparation course under the Intercosmos program for co-operation with socialist countries. He made his space flight from August 26 through September 3, 1978, as the research cosmonaut of the space ship Soyuz-31 (call sign - Yastreb-2) together with Soviet Valery Bykovsky. The cosmonauts worked onboard the orbital complex Salyut-6 - Soyuz -29 - Soyuz -30 together with Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalenok and Alexsander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov. Their stay in space was 7 days 20 hours 49 minutes and 4 seconds.
After the flight he returned home to continued service in the National People's Army of the GDR. From 1980 to 1983 he was the Assistant to the Chief of the Directorate of the GDR Air Force. After the merger of two Germanies he was retired from military service, and until 1993 was not engaged in any work. Since 1993 he has worked as a representative of Germany to the European Space Agency.
Awards: Hero of the Soviet Union. Hero of the German Democratic Republic. Awarded Order of Lenin (USSR), Order of Karl Marx (GDR), other German Orders and Medals.
Eddie.
L to R ,Sigmund Jähn and Eberhard Köllner, Replacement Cosmonaut for Jähn
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Aeronautic engineer; Major General; later Deputy Chief of central board of defense; later chief of a scientific institute in Ulan Bator; currently Mongolian Sectretary of Defence.
Eddie.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
born on January 6, 1953 in Singeorgiu de Padure, Mures County, graduated from the Aerospace Engineering Faculty, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, now a career diplomat
1981 - Awarded the Title of "Hero of S.R.Romania"
1981 - Order "Golden Star as a Hero of the Soviet Union for the brave accomplishment of the first Soviet-Romanian space flight"
1984 - awarded the "Hermann Oberth Gold Medal" by the German Rocket Society "Hermann Oberth - Wernher von Braun"
2000 - Grand Officer of the Order "Steaua României" (Star of Romania)
Eddie.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
his original name Georgi Ivanov Kakalov was changed by Russian order because Kakalov means in Russian something obscene; Doctorate degree; engineer; pilot; Major General; hobbies: Underwater-fishing, skiing; later member of Bulgarian Parliament.
Eddie.
The 44 Non-Soviet Heroes Of The Soviet Union. - Taz - 02-25-2004
Pilot and Bigadier General in the Hungarian Airforce; graduated from aeronautical college, Szolnok; graduated from Air Military College, Krasnodar, Russia; later scientist at Technical University, Budapest; than Airforce-Attachee at Hungarian Embassy in Washington; currently President of Airlines Service and Trade Ltd., Budapest; hobbies: Soccer.
Eddie.