page_title: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
hierarchical_section_title: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: de:Kosmonaut de:Sergei Konstantinowitsch Krikaljow (Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev) English: Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev - Сергей Константинович Крикалёв - Cosmonaut who flew in both Soviet and US space missions.
context_page_description: The honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR was a state award of the Soviet Union presented to all cosmonauts who flew for the Soviet Space Agency. Usually accompanying the distinction was the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest title that could be awarded to a Soviet citizen for performing heroic deeds while in service of the state.
context_section_description: The honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (Russian: Летчик-космонавт СССР) was a state award of the Soviet Union presented to all cosmonauts who flew for the Soviet Space Agency.  Usually accompanying the distinction was the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest title that could be awarded to a Soviet citizen for performing heroic deeds while in service of the state.
caption: Veteran of six space flights, "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR" Sergei Krikalev (2004 photo)
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