Anatoly Solovyov
Anatoly Solovyov is a cosmonaut who was born on January 16, 1948, in Riga, Latvia.
Solovyov became a cosmonaut in 1979. In 1990, he commanded a six-month mission aboard the Mir space station. The crew worked on space manufacturing.
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