What is Igor Volk?
[[File:Igor Volk 2.jpg|thumb|Volk in October 2008]] '''Igor Petrovich Volk''' ({{Lang-ru|Игорь Петрович Волк}}, {{Lang-uk|Ігор Петрович Волк}}; 12 April 1937 &ndash; 3 January 2017) was a [[Soviet]] [[Astronaut|cosmonaut]] and [[test pilot]]. He was best known for his involvement as a research cosmonaut in the [[Soyuz T-12]] in 1980. It was seventh manned spaceflight to the Soviet [[space station]] [[Salyut 7]]. He [[bomber]] pilot in the [[Soviet Air Force]]. He later joined the [[Moscow Aviation Institute]] in 1962. He had over 7000 flight hours logged in over 80 different [[aircraft]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center|url=https://archive.org/details/russiascosmonaut00hall_609|last=Hall|first=Rex|last2=Shayler|first2=Davide|last3=Vis|first3=Bert|publisher=Praxis Publishing|year=2005|isbn=0-387-21894-7|location=[[Chichester]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/russiascosmonaut00hall_609/page/n367 335]–6}}</ref> He had the rank of [[colonel]] in the [[Russian Air Force]]. Volk was born in [[Zmiiv]], [[Kharkiv Oblast]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]. He was given many awards, most famously the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Order of Lenin]] titles. He was married and had two children. Volk died on 3 January 2017 while on holiday in [[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/obituary/cosmonaut-igor-volk-dead-79/|title=Cosmonaut Igor Volk dead at 79|work=SpaceFlight Insider|date=4 January 2017|access-date=11 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113110738/http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/obituary/cosmonaut-igor-volk-dead-79/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Volk, Igor}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Soviet colonels]] [[Category:Cosmonauts]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]] {{Bio-stub}}