Vasili Lazarev
Vasili Grigoryevich Lazarev (February 23, 1928 - December 31, 1990)
was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well
as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch.
He was born in Poroshino.
He was injured by the high G-forces of the abort and landing and
was initially denied his spaceflight bonus pay, having to appeal directly to Brezhnev to receive it.
Lazarev held a PhD in medicine and the rank of colonel in the Soviet airforce. He remained in the space
programme until failing a physical in 1981.
He died of alcohol poisoning in Moscow.
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