Background
Volkov Alexander Alexandrovich was born on the 27 of May in 1948 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
Volkov Alexander Alexandrovich was born on the 27 of May in 1948 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
In 1966 Alexander finished 10 formes of secondary school №10 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region and then started his career and entered into the Kharkov Institute of Artillery named after S.I. Gritsevets and finished his education in 1991 in the Military-Political Academy named after Lenin.
Alexander before his accounting in a cosmonautics order was a cadet of the Kharkov Institute of Internal Affairs from the 25 of August 1966 till June 1970 and then was the pilot instructor of the 810 training aviation regiment of Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University from June 1970 till August 1976.