Vladimir Dzhanibekov
| Vladimir Dzhanibekov Владимир Джанибеков |
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Vladimir Dzhanibekov (left) on a 1979 Soviet stamp
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Born |
13 May 1942 Iskandar, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
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Other occupation
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Pilot |
| Rank | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
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Time in space
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145d 15h 56m |
| Selection | Air Force Group 5 |
| Missions | Soyuz 27, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13 |
| Awards |
  (2) |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков, born 13 May 1942) is a former cosmonaut who made five flights.
Dzhanibekov was born Vladimir Aleksandrovich Krysin (Russian: Владимир Александрович Крысин) in the remote area of Iskandar in what was then Bostanliq District, South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR (since 1956 – Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan) on 13 May 1942. His family moved to Tashkent soon after his birth.
In 1964 he married Liliya Munirovna Dzhanibekova, who was a descendant of Janibeg, medieval ruler of the Golden Horde. As her father had no sons, Dzhanibekov took his wife's family name in order to honour her ancestry and continue her line of descent, an unusual step for a husband in the Soviet Union.
In 1960 he entered Leningrad University to study physics, where he became involved in flying, something in which he had always been interested. In 1961 he decided to enroll in the V. M. Komarov Higher Military Flying School at Yeisk and simultaneously studied at the Taganrog State University of Radioengineering. Four years later he graduated and became a flying instructor in the Soviet Air force serving at military training unit number 99735 in Taganrog in 1968–1970. In 1970 during the visit of Gherman Titov to the Taganrog-based training unit, he was selected into the team of cosmonauts. This was the same year that he joined the Communist Party.
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