Vasili Tsibliyev

Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Russian
Born	February 20, 1954 Orekhovka, Crimea, USSR (now Ukraine)
Other occupation	Pilot
Rank	Lieutenant General, Russian Air Force
Time in space	381d 15h 52m
Selection	1987
Missions	Soyuz TM-17, Soyuz TM-25
Awards

Vasily Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev (Russian: Василий Василиевич Циблиев); born on February 20, 1954) is a Russian cosmonaut.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on March 26, 1987. Tsibliyev flew as Commander on Soyuz TM-17 from July 1, 1993 to January 14, 1994 and on Soyuz TM-25 from February 2, 1997 to August 14 of the same year. He retired on June 19, 1998. Tsibliyev is currently Chief of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center at Star City, Russia.

Tsibliyev is married with two children.

Tsibliyev was the commander in charge of Mir when it was hit by a Progress spacecraft in 1997.