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Valery Rozhdestvensky

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born February 13th, 1939 in Saint Petersburg.

Died August 31st, 2011 at 72 years old in Zvyozdny gorodok.

Occupations
astronaut, engineer, military personnel, sailor

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan