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Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva- TERESHKOVA Edit Profile

cosmonaut

Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva- TERESHKOVA, cosmonaut. Order of Lenin (twice); Medal, Joliot-Curie Gold Medal; Order of the Nile (Egypt) 1971; Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1986. CPSU since 1962, Central Committee CPSU 1971-1990; Supreme Soviet Presidium 90.

Background

TERESHKOVA, Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva- was born on March 6, 1937 in Tutayev, Yaroslavl Region. Daughter of late Vladimir Tereshkova and of Elena Fyodorovna Tereshkova.

Education

Yaroslavl Textile College, and Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.

Career

Deputy to USSR Supreme Soviet since 1962. Chairman Soviet Women’s Committee since 1968.

Membership

CPSU since 1962, Central Committee CPSU 1971-1990. Supreme Soviet Presidium 90.

Connections

Married Andriyan Nikolayev in 1963.

Father:
late Vladimir Tereshkova

Mother:
of Elena Fyodorovna Tereshkova

Spouse:
Andriyan Nikolayev