CLASSIFICATION: 90/382.
NUMBER OF MISSIONS: 2.
SPACE FLIGHT HOURS: 19 days 17 hours 46 min. 41 sec.
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: June 12, 1949, Moscow, RSFSR (Russia).
NATIONALITY: Russian.
EDUCATION:
1966 – studied at the schools No.8 and No.44, Moscow;
1973 – graduated from the Moscow Physics Technical Institute gained the flight dynamics and space vehicles control major and engineer-physician diploma;
1980 – graduated from the part-time department of the All-Union Law Institute and acquired the lawyer qualification;
1981 – graduated from the journalism part-time department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and got the journalist qualification;
2000 – finished the higher courses of the General Staff Military Academy for the Russian Military Forces;
1992 – was given Doctor of Law Science degree.
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
September 22, 1966 to August 1 – a laboratory assistant of the Crystallography Institute for The Soviet Academy of Sciences;
September 13, 1973 to May 16, 1980 - an engineer, senior engineer of department 311 (033) of the central design office (the Energia corporation);
May 19, 1980 to May 16, 1991 – a junior research officer, research officer, senior research officer of the Institute for State and Law of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Later up to 1994 had a part-time job at the same institute;
from June 2, 1993 – an aide for B. Eltsin the Russian president;
January 6, 1994 to June 18, 1996 – a National Security aide of the Russian president;
From July 25, 1996 – a secretary of the Russian Defence Council, aide for the Russian president;
August 28, 1997 to February 12, 1998 – an aide for the Russian president (was responsible for Defence and Security issues). Relieved of his office due to the staff reduction.
DATE OF ENROLLMENT IN COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP NUMBER, DATE):
April 14, 1998 – by the Gagarin Cosmonaut training center chief order and the Russian Space Agency General director order appointed to a cosmonaut-researcher position of the cosmonaut corps of the GCTC (additionally admitted after the twelfth group);
from 1999 – an instructor-cosmonaut-researcher.
RATING: a Russian first-class counselor of state (1996);
a third-class cosmonaut (1999).
SPACE FLIGHTS PERFORMED:
The first mission August 13 to August 25, 1998 - a cosmonaut-researcher of the Soyuz-28 and Mir Primary Expedition-26 along with G. Padalka and S. Avdeyev. Landed on earth aboard the Soyuz TM-27 resupplier vehicle along with T. Musabaev and N. Budarin. Flight duration: 11 days 19 hours 41 min. 33 sec. Call sign: Altair-3/Crystal-3;
The second mission April 28 to May 6, 2001 – a flight-engineer of the Soyuz TM-32 on the ISS-T1 2S along with T. Musabaev and D. Tito (USA). Landed aboard the Soyuz TM-31. Flight duration: 07 days 22 hours 05 min 05 sec. Call sign: Crystal-3.
AWARDS:
Medal "Gold Star" of the Russian Hero (2001),
Courage Medal (25 December 1998),
The 300-th Anniversary of the Russian Fleet Medal,
The 850-th Anniversary of Moscow commemoration medal,
Order of Service in Tadjikistan presented by the Russian Federal Frontier Guard Service,
Order of Dostyk ("Friendship", 11 November 1998, Kazakhstan).
CURRENT STATUS: from June 1, 2000 – acosmonaut corps Deputy Chief responsible for scientific, test and research work, cosmonaut-researcher.
HONORARY TITLES:
Russian cosmonaut-pilot (1998),
Air Force colonel in the reserve (1999).

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