Labels:text | font | paper | document | black and white OCR: 1934 Born on May 20 in Listvyanka, Russia. 1953 Finishes school in Kaliningrad, Russia, and enrolls at the Academy of Arts in Riga, Latvia. He is expected to become a professional artist, but leaves soon after enrollment and joins the Chuguyev Air Force School in Ukraine. 1957 Graduates from the Chuguyev Air Force School and qualifies as a parachute instructor in the Soviet Air Force. He continues with his art studies at evening class. 1960 March 5, learns that he has been selected to be one of the first cosmonauts, part of a team of 12. 1965 March 18, makes his first spaceflight, with fellow cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev (1925-70), on Voskhod 2. He becomes the first person to walk in space. They return to Earth after a flight of 1 day, 2 hours, and 2 minutes. The cosmonauts complete one more o ...
