Managers and political leaders who directed the missile and space programs of the Soviet Union and Russia. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them a Soviet or Russian leader of a space or missile program. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Encyclopedia Astronautica: Mozzhorin, Yuri Aleksandrovich
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Director of Nll-88 1961-1990. Oversaw Soviet space policy.
Kerim Kerimov (Wikipedia)
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Lieutenant General Kerim Abbasali oghlu Kerimov (Azerbaijani: Kərim Abbasəli oğlu Kərimov, Russian: Керим Аббас-Алиевич Керимов; November 14, 1917, March 29, 2003) was a Soviet and Russian engineer of Azerbaijani ethnicity and a general in the Soviet Army, who is regarded as one of the key scientists and founders in the Soviet Union's space program, and for many years a central figure in the Soviet space program.
Wikipedia: Sergey Afanasyev (engineer)
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Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev (Russian: Сергей Александрович Афанасьев; 30 August 1918-13 May 2001) was a Russian engineer and later politician who was the leading figure in the Soviet Union's missile and space program.
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