Vladimir Popovkin

Retired russian general and former head of the federal space agency roscosmos.

Born September 25th, 1957 in Dushanbe.

Died June 18th, 2014 at 56 years old in Petah Tikva (cancer).

Occupations
engineer, military personnel, politician
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner