Background
Oleg Valerievich was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Krym, Ukraine (nowadays Russia). Son of Valeri Efimovich and Elena Ivanovna Kotov.
Oleg Valerievich was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Krym, Ukraine (nowadays Russia). Son of Valeri Efimovich and Elena Ivanovna Kotov.
1982 - graduated from 10 classes of secondary school № 180, Moscow;
July 8, 1988 - graduated from the faculty of training doctors (for the Air Force) Military Medical Academy named after Kirov with a diploma of a military doctor in the specialty of "Treatment and prevention";
From November 1988 to December 1990 he passed a specialization in functional diagnostics at TsNIIAG, where he studied flight survey methods;
1992 - graduated from the Moscow Institute of Industrial Property and Innovation in the specialty of "Patent practice";
1996-1998 - he studied and graduated from the Kachinsk VCAUL external school named after Myasnikov in the specialty of "pilot-engineer";
2010 - in the Military Medical Academy named after Kirov defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of medical sciences on the specialty of "Hypoxic training and electropulse neuroregulation in the system of medical rehabilitation after the impact of space flight factors";
since 2011 he has been studying at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation.
Deputy lead test doctor and lead test doctor. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, 1988—1996, cosmonaut candidate, 1996—1998, test cosmonaut, since 1998. Representative Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Johnson Space Center, 1999.
CAPCOM Expeditions-3 & 4 in Master Control Console-M, 2001—2002, Moscow Support Group in Master Control Console-H, 2001—2002. Chief CAPCOM Branch, Cosmonaut Office, 2004. Flight engineer, Soyuz Commander Expedition 15 mission to International Space Station.
Crew member to International Space Station Expeditions 22 & 23 on Soyuz spacecraft Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2009. Research cosmonaut Soyuz TM-28 Mission. Flight engineer and Soyuz Commander Expedition-15 Mission, Soyuz TMA10, 2007.
Married Svetlana Nikolayevna Bunyakina. 2 children.