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          Valeri Polyakov is a famous Russian astronaut known for spending a very long time in space....

          Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov: The Russian Cosmonaut Who Spent The Longest Time In Space

          Since the early days of space exploration, several astronauts have spent significant time in space.

          Russian cosmonaut Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov holds the record for completing the longest single stay in space.

          Born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov in , in the industrial city of Tula, south of Moscow in the USSR.

        1. Born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov in , in the industrial city of Tula, south of Moscow in the USSR.
        2. Dr Polyakov was born in the Tula industrial heartland of Russia on 24 April and was an astronautics medicine specialist.
        3. Valeri Polyakov is a famous Russian astronaut known for spending a very long time in space.
        4. Born Tula, Russia, April 27, ; died September 7, aged -.
        5. Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov spent days aboard the Russian space station Mir, returning on March 22, He orbited the Earth times.

          6. He spent 14 months; or more precisely 437 days and 18 hours, living on Mir, the Russian space station. Polyakov received an array of awards and distinctions for his work in space including Hero of the Russian Federation, Hero of the Soviet Union, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Order of Lenin, and Kazakhstan’s Order of Parasat.

          Polyakov retired in 1995 and is now the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Health. He is also a member of the Russian Chief Medical Commission.

          Brief Biography

          Valeri Polyakov was born on April 27, 1942, in the Russian industrial city of Tula.

          A medical doctor by trade, the future cosmonaut studied at the I. M. Sechenov 1st Moscow Medical Institute