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Radio Russia-Bashkortostan hosts a series of programs “Streets of Our Heroes”, organized by the Representative Office of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Within the project in honour of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, famous people of the republic tell about the famous war heroes, home front workers and Heroes of the Soviet Union, whose names are immortalized in the street names as a tribute to the courage, bravery and self-sacrifice of these people.
In the next issue of the series, Inna Morozova, Director of the Department for Ensuring the Activities of the Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan, tells about the street named after Vladimir Komarov.
The street named after Komarov Vladimir Mikhailovich is named in honour of the pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. The street is located in the Ordzhonikidze district; its length is 1721 meters.
Vladimir Mikhailovich is the first person to have been in space twice, and the first person to die during a flight into space.
He was the commander of the world's first spacecraft crew. He flew twice on the first ships of a new type: Voskhod-1 and Soyuz-1. Vladimir Komarov made his first space flight in October 1964 on board the Voskhod spacecraft together with cosmonauts Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Egorov. It was the world's first multi-seat spacecraft. For the first time in history, the crew flew without spacesuits, and the soft landing system was also used for the first time. The total flight duration was 24 hours and 17 minutes. During this flight the ship circled the globe 16 times. In 1967, Komarov piloted the Soyuz-1, at the end of the flight program, the cosmonaut died when the main parachute of the descent vehicle did not come out during the descent to Earth. A memorial complex was erected at the site of Komarov's death.
“Streets of Our Heroes”. All issues of the radio project for the 75th anniversary of Victory