{"product_id":"the-secrets-of-soviet-cosmonauts-9783031096518","title":"The Secrets of Soviet Cosmonauts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sheds new light on an amazing history, only partially known in the west: Russian cosmonautics and its spectacular record. From Laika, the cosmonaut dog, to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, to the first spacewalk, the Soviets set many goals that they subsequently achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut there are shadows behind these headline moments, moments involving human loss, some of which are known, others only rumored. Questions remain, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·         What was the “flying coffin”?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·         What secrets are still hidden inside the Russian archives, despite two rounds of declassification?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·         Why didn’t Marina Popovich (“Madame Mig”) become a cosmonaut?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·         What problems made it necessary to film Valentina Tereshkova's return?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·         What (scientific) hypotheses exist concerning Gagarin's mysterious disappearance?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe author addresses all of these issues, with help from the documents now available. This book will benefit a broad readership, from interested laypersons to graduate and undergraduate students to those who merely enjoy good history-based stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLAIKA: Woof woof in space\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDogs have only one flaw: they believe men\u003c\/i\u003e (Elian J. Finbert)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJURIJ ALEKSEEVIČ GAGARIN: Prince of the cosmos\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLIFE\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFLIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePutting a man on a multi-stage rocket and projecting him into the moon's gravitational control field where passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth - all this constitutes a wild dream worthy of Julius Verne. I am reckless enough to argue that such a man-made journey will never happen despite all future progress.\u003c\/i\u003e  (Lee de Forest, scientist, inventor, director)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAFTER FLIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE FLYING COFFIN\u003c\/p\u003e  AFTER THE COLD WAR\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOTHER DETAILS THAT HAVE SURFACED LATER\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDEAD\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Death would be sweeter if my gaze had your face as its last horizon, and if it did... a thousand times I'd like to be born a thousand times still to die.\" (W. Shakespeare)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"When my body is ashes, my name shall be legend.\"\u003c\/i\u003e   (Jim Morrison)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE THREE K in the lives of Soviet cosmonauts.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne cannot truly know the nature and character of a man until he is seen to wield power.\u003c\/i\u003e          (Sophocles)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE BRICKS OF KRUSHEV\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have the kitchenette, the living room and the sleeping corner. All in the same corner.\u003c\/i\u003e (Boris Makaresko)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePROMISES NOT KEEPED UP: WITHOUT FOLLOWS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAstronauts are normal people who do extraordinary things...\u003c\/i\u003e (Sandra Bullock)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe greedy one: ZHANNA YORKINA\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe refined free thinker: VALENTINA PONOMAREVA\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe skydiving champion: IRINA SOLOVYOVA\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe emotional: TATIANA KUZNETSOVA\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe artist: TATIANA MOROZYCHEVA\u003c\/p\u003e  Madame MIG: MARINA POPOVICH\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe only one who flew: SVETLANA SAVITSKAYA\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJOHN GLENN'S BARBECUE\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithout pots, without pans, without water, without oil, with the sole help of fire and a piece of iron on which to place the raw meat, the gesture of cooking regains the primordial sense that it must have had as soon as Prometheus gave fire to men.           \u003c\/i\u003e(Massimo Montanari)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE CITY OF YAROSLAV - \u003ci\u003eHe who owns the Volga owns Russia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMIRROR, TELL ME, WHO IS THE RIGHT GIRL FOR THE SPACE?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePolitics is the choice between the disastrous and the unpleasant\u003c\/i\u003e. (J. K. Galbraith)\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- THE COMMUNIST FAITH\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- THE WORKER WHO WENT INTO SPACE\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA person who dares to waste even an hour of her time hasn't discovered the value of life.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAS THE WORLD SLOWLY DISAPPEARED FAR AWAY OVER THERE\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen you walk the earth after you have flown, you will look at the sky because you have been there and you will want to return there.\u003c\/i\u003e            (Leonardo da Vinci)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- ONE GRAIN LEADS TO ANOTHER\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- \"\u003ci\u003eNo more bitches in the space\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Korolev)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- THE TERRIBLE MISTAKE\u003c\/p\u003e  - THE LIE OF COMING BACK\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- CONCLUSIONS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e- THE \"RED MOSCOW\" SCENT: THE IMAGE OF VALENTINA\u003c\/p\u003e  ELENA, the daughter of the stars\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are only two inexhaustible legacies that we must hope to pass on to our children: roots and wings.\u003c\/i\u003e       (Harding Carter)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe First Walk in Space: Aleksej LEONOV. \u003ci\u003eHow difficult it is to talk about the moon! 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