Soviet aviator, twice hero of the soviet union.
Born June 9th, 1922 in Ilyakshide.
Died September 17th, 1987 at 65 years old in Ufa (cancer).
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel