What is Viktor Gorbatko?
[[File:Viktor Gorbatko 21.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gorbatko in 2011]] '''Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko''' ({{lang-ru|Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горба́тко}}; December 3, 1934 – May 17, 2017) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] who flew on the [[Soyuz 7]], [[Soyuz 24]], and [[Soyuz 37]] missions.<ref>[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/gorbatko_viktor.htm Spacefacts]</ref> He was awarded twice for the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] and [[Order of Lenin]]. He was born in [[Gulkevichsky District|Ventsy-Zarya]], [[Azov-Black Sea Krai]]. Gorbatko died of [[stomach cancer]] at his home in [[Moscow]] on May 17, 2017 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbc.ru/society/17/05/2017/591bfa619a79470138cff1ff?from=main |title=Умер космонавт Виктор Горбатко |publisher=Rbc.ru |date=2017-05-17 |access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Commons-inline|Category:Viktor Gorbatko|Viktor Gorbatko}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043952/http://www.baikonuradm.ru/index.php?mod=180 The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorbatko, Viktor}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Cosmonauts]] {{bio-stub}}