Cosmonaut Biography: Valeri Tokarev (original) (raw)

Colonel, Russian Air Force, Ret.; graduated from Stavropol Higher Military School of Fighter Pilots, 1973; graduated from Test Pilot Training Center in Akhtubinsk, 1982; graduated from Gagarin Air Force Academy, Monino,1993; master's degree in state administration from the National Economy Academy, 1997; was selected as cosmonaut on 25.01.1989 (GKNII-4); turned over toTsPK-12 on 28.07.1997;OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/89 - 4/91; Hobbies: Nature, automobiles, airplanes, game-sports; was elected on 23.03.2008 as chief of the kray Rostov (area Yaroslavl); retired as cosmonaut on 10.06.2008.