Pavel Popovich

{{Short description|Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (1930–2009)}} {{fnh|Romanovich|Popovich|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox astronaut | name = Pavel Popovich | native_name = {{lang|ru|Павел Попович}} {{lang|uk|Павло Попович}} | image = Convert ru kosmos171.jpg | image_size = | caption = Popovich on a Soviet stamp | type = Cosmonaut | birth_name = Pavel Romanovich Popovich | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|10|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Uzyn]], [[Kyiv Oblast]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|9|29|1930|10|5|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Gurzuf]], [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Crimea]], Ukraine | occupation = [[Aviator|Pilot]] | Date of ret = 26 January 1982 | rank = [[Major General]], [[Soviet Air Force]] | selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1960|Air Force Group 1]] | time = 2d 22h 57m (Vostok 4) 15d 17h 30m (Soyuz 14)<hr>18d 16h 27m (total) | mission = [[Vostok 4]], [[Soyuz 14]] | insignia = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Marina Popovich|Marina Vasilyeva]]|end=div}} Alevtina Oshegova }}

'''Pavel Romanovich Popovich''' ({{langx|ru|Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич}}; {{langx|uk|Павло́ Рома́нович Попо́вич|Pavló Románovych Popóvych}}; 5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009)<ref name="tass-death"/><ref name="vsesmi-stroke"/> was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]].<ref name="collectspace-obit"/>

Popovich was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in [[orbit]], the eighth person and first [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] in space.<ref name="collectspace-obit"/>

== Biography ==

Popovich was born in [[Uzyn]], [[Kyiv Oblast]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]<ref name="tass-death"/><ref name="astronote"/> to Roman Porfirievich Popovich (a fireman in a sugar factory) and Theodosia Kasyanovna Semyonova.<ref name="astronote"/><ref name="wh-popovich"/><ref name="ni-obit"/> He had two sisters (one older, one younger) and two brothers (both younger).<ref name="astronote"/>

During [[World War II]], the Germans occupied Uzyn and burned documents, including Popovich's [[birth certificate]]. After the war, these were restored through witness testimony, and although his mother said that Popovich was born in 1929, two witnesses insisted it was in 1930, which thus became the official year of his birth.<ref name="ni-obit"/>

In 1947, Popovich left [[vocational school]] in [[Bila Tserkva]] with qualifications as a carpenter.<ref name="astronote"/> In 1951, Popovich graduated as a construction engineer from a technical school in [[Magnitogorsk]],<ref name="astronote"/> as well as receiving a pilot's degree.<ref name="tass-death"/>

In 1954, Popovich joined the [[Komsomol|Young Communist League]].

He married [[Marina Popovich]], a retired [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet Air Force]] [[colonel]] and [[test pilot]]. They had two daughters but later divorced, and Popovich married Alevtina Oshegova.<ref name="collectspace-obit"/><ref name="astronote"/>

Popovich was a keen [[weightlifter]]: :"Service in the Air Force made us strong, both physically and morally. All of us cosmonauts took up sports and PT seriously when we served in the Air Force. I know that [[Yuri Gagarin]] was fond of [[ice hockey]]. He liked to play goal keeper. [[Gherman Titov]] was a [[gymnastics]] enthusiast, [[Andriyan Nikolayev]] liked [[skiing]], Pavel Popovich went in for weight lifting. I don't think I am wrong when I say that sports became a fixture in the life of the cosmonauts."<ref>Bykovsky quoted in Gavrilin, p26-7</ref>

Following his military and space service (see below), he was a member of the [[Supreme Soviet]] of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] 6th–11th convocations.<ref name="vsesmi-stroke"/>

After his retirement in 1993, Popovich lived in [[Moscow]].<ref name="wh-popovich"/> Popovich died in a hospital in [[Gurzuf]] where he was taken following a [[stroke]] on 29 September 2009, six days before his 79th birthday. [[Cerebral hemorrhage|Brain hemorrhage]] was cited as the cause of death.<ref name="tass-death" /><ref name="vsesmi-stroke" /><ref name="nr-death" /> He was buried in Moscow.<ref name="wh-popovich" />

== Military == In 1952, Popovich graduated from a course at the Stalingrad Military Aviation School near [[Novosibirsk]]. He then went on to train at the Military Officers of the Air Force Aviation Training School in [[Grozny]], until 1954,<ref name="astronote"/> when he joined the Soviet Air Force.<ref name="tass-death"/>

=== Service === Details are from ''Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote'', unless otherwise noted<ref name="astronote"/>

{|class="wikitable" |- !Date !Role !Location |- | rowspan="2"|25 Dec 1954 | rowspan="2"|[[Aviator#Military|Pilot]] | 265 Fighter Regiment (IAP) |- | rowspan="2"|336th Fighter Aviation Division (IAD) (later the IAD 64-Fighter Air Corps (IAC) 22nd Air Army) |- | 19 Jun 1957 | Senior Pilot/Squadron [[Adjutant]] |- | 27 Feb 1958 | rowspan="2"|Senior Airman | 772-IAP IAS 22nd 26th VA. |- | 31 May 1958 | rowspan="2"|234-Guards Regiment Proskurov 9th IN IAD Moscow ([[Kubinka]]) |- | 31 Jan 1959 | Adjutant of the squadron |- | Jan 1982 | Deputy Chief |[[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center]] |- | 29 Dec 1989 | Secondment | State Committee of the USSR Agro |- | 20 Aug 1993 | colspan="2"|Retired by order of the Defense Ministry |}

Aircraft types flown: * [[Yakovlev Yak-11]] * [[Yakovlev Yak-18]] * [[Lavochkin La-9]] * [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]]

=== Training === Details are from ''Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote'', unless otherwise noted<ref name="astronote"/>

{|class="wikitable" |- !Date !Cyrillic !English |- | 12 May 1959 | Военный летчик 3-го класса | Military Pilot, 3rd class |- | 15 Aug 1962 | Военный летчик 1-го класса | Military Pilot, 1st class |- | 10 Nov 1960 | Инструктор парашютно-десантной подготовки (ПДП) ВВС | Parachute Instructor (PDP) Air Force |- | 30 Nov 1962 | Космонавт 3-го класса | Astronaut 3rd class |- | 24 Jul 1974 | Космонавт 2-го класса | Astronaut 2nd class |}

=== Promotions === Details are from ''Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote'', unless otherwise noted<ref name="astronote"/>

{|class="wikitable" |- !Date !Insignia !Cyrillic !English |- | 30 Oct 1954 | style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Russia-army-leytenant.png|20px]] | Лейтенант |[[Lieutenant]] |- | 24 Apr 1957 | style="text-align:center;"|[[File:RAF A F1FstLt 2010.png|20px]] | Старший лейтенант | Senior Lieutenant |- | 30 Mar 1959 | style="text-align:center;"|[[File:RAF A FCap 2010.png|20px]] | Капитан |[[Captain (land and air)|Captain]] |- | 05 Nov 1961 | style="text-align:center;"|[[File:RAF A F3Maj 2010.png|20px]] | Майор |[[Major (rank)|Major]] |- | 11 Aug 1962 | style="text-align:center;"|[[File:RAF A F4LtCol 2010.png|20px]] | Подполковник ([[Podpolkovnik]]) |[[Lieutenant Colonel]] |- | 30 Apr 1965 | style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Russia-army-polkovnik.png|20px]] | Полковник ([[Polkovnik]]) |[[Colonel]] |- | 5 May 1976 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|[[File:RAF A F6MajGen 2010.png|20px]] | Генерал-майор авиации |[[Major-General|Major-General (Aviation)]] |- | 20 Aug 1993 | colspan="2"|Retired from the Air Force |}

== Cosmonaut ==

In 1960, he was selected as one of the first group of twenty air force pilots that would train as the first cosmonauts for the [[Soviet space program]].<ref name="tass-death"/> The training took place between March 1960 and January 1961, and Popovich passed his final exams in Cosmonaut Basic Training on 17/18 January 1961.<ref name="astronote"/> He was appointed as an astronaut on 25 January 1961.<ref name="astronote"/>

He was considered a strong candidate for the first spaceflight – but while [[Yuri Gagarin]] was ultimately chosen for the [[Vostok 1]] flight, Popovich served as the flight's [[capsule communicator|capcom]].<ref name="collectspace-obit"/>

From May to August 1961, he trained to fly on spacecraft "Vostok-2" in a group of astronauts, followed (between September and November 1961) with training to fly "Vostok-3". This flight was cancelled.<ref name="astronote"/> Between November 1961 and May 1962, he trained as a pilot for "Vostok-4". Between June and August of that year, he received further training in the maintenance of this spacecraft.<ref name="astronote"/>

[[File:Ppopovic-2.jpg|thumb|alt=Popovich in Vostok 4|Popovich in [[Vostok 4]]]]

He commanded the [[Human spaceflight|space flight]] [[Vostok 4]] (''{{langx|ru|Восток-4}}'') in 1962<ref name="tass-death"/> which, along with [[Andrian Nikolayev]] on [[Vostok 3]], was the first time that more than one crewed spacecraft were in orbit at the same time. His call sign for this flight was ''[[Golden eagle]] ({{lang|ru|Бе́ркут}})''.

In January 1964, he became a cosmonaut instructor, becoming deputy commander to the 2nd group of cosmonauts.<ref name="astronote"/>

Popovich was selected to command one of the Soviet Union's planned Moon landings, and trained for this between 1966 and 1968, when the Soviet Moon landing plans were scrapped.<ref name="collectspace-obit"/>

In 1968, he was selected as commander for [[Soyuz 2]], but after the death of [[Vladimir Komarov]] during the reentry of [[Soyuz 1]], Soyuz 2 was launched without a crew. [[File:Milivoje Jugin and Pavel Popovič.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Popovich with [[Milivoj Jugin]] in Belgrade]] In 1969 he was a senior cosmonaut instructor, and became (by 1972) the Chief of cosmonaut training.<ref name="astronote"/>

In 1974, he commanded his second (and final) space flight [[Soyuz 14]] (''{{langx|ru|Союз 14}}'') in 1974.<ref name="tass-death"/> Again, his call sign for this flight was ''[[Golden eagle]] ({{lang|ru|Бе́ркут}})''. This flight was the first to the [[Salyut 3]] [[space station]].

In 1977, he received a post-graduate degree in technical sciences.<ref name="tass-death"/><ref name="astronote"/>

In March 1978, he was on duty in the Flight Control Center for [[Vladimír Remek]]'s flight aboard [[Soyuz 28]].

From 1978 he was the deputy chief of the [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center|Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center]] responsible for research and testing work.<ref name="astronote"/> From 1980 to 1989, he was Deputy chief of the Cosmonaut Training Center. In January 1982, he was removed from the list of active cosmonauts, so that he could serve as Deputy Chief for Scientific Testing and Research at the Center.<ref name="astronote"/>

== Sociopolitical life == Details are from ''Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote'', unless otherwise noted<ref name="astronote"/> * From 1992: Chairman of the Boxing Federation of Russia. * From 1994: President of the ''Yuri Gagarin Foundation''; President of the Social Support for Veterans of the Armed Forces of the Union * From 1996: Member of the Editorial Board of ''Space News'' * From 1998: Member of the Editorial Board of the All-Russia scientific and technical magazine ''Flight'' * From 1999: President of the Ukrainian Union of Cosmonauts * Member of the Writers' Union of Russia. * President of the Association of Space Museums of Russia (AMKOS) * Honorary President of the International Association of Veterans of Physical Education and Sport (MAFIS) * Honorary Chairman of the Society of Ukrainian Culture (''Slavutich'')

== Awards and honors == Details are from ''Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote'', unless otherwise noted<ref name="astronote"/>

{|class="wikitable" |- !Date of Award !Award !Notes |- | 17 Jun 1961 |[[Order of the Red Star]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 1962 |[[Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 1962 | Honorable Radio Operator | |- | 1962 | Honored Master of Sports of the USSRa | |- | 1962 | [[Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"]] |- | 19 Aug 1962 |[[Hero of the Soviet Union]]b<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 19 Aug 1962 |[[Order of Lenin]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 15 Nov 1962 | Gold Star Labor Hero of the [[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 20 July 1974 | [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 20 Jul 1974 | [[Order of Lenin]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 1982 |[[Order of Friendship of Peoples]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | 13 May 1985 | [[Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"]] | |- | 9 Apr 1996 | [[Order of Honour (Russian Federation)|Order of Honour]]c |for services to the state, many years of fruitful activity in the arts and culture. |- | 6 Oct 2000 |[[Order of Merit for the Fatherland]], 4th Graded |for services to the state and many years of fruitful work. |- | 1 Dec 2005 | Ukrainian [[Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise]], 4th classe |for his significant personal contribution to the development and strengthening of Ukrainian-Russian relations, promoting the rise of prestige of the Ukrainian state in the world. |- | Unknown |[[Order of the Badge of Honor]]<ref name="tass-death"/> | |- | Unknown | Medal of the Republic of [[Cuba]] | |- | Unknown | 9 Commemorative Medals | |}

Notes: : a For setting records in space flight : b Medal number 11117<ref name="wh-popovich"/> : c For services to the state, many years of fruitful work in the field of culture and art (as President of the Association of Space Museums)<ref name="polit-obit"/> (Presidential Decree No. 512 of April 9, 1996)  : d For services to the state and long-term fruitful work<ref name="polit-obit"/> (Presidential Decree No. 1724 on October 6, 2000) : e For significant personal contribution to the development and strengthening of Ukrainian-Russian relations, promoting the rise of the authority of the Ukrainian state in the world<ref name="polit-obit"/> (Presidential Decree No. 1682/2005 dated December 1, 2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1682/2005|title=Про нагородження П. Поповича орденом князя Ярослава Мудрого}}</ref>

=== Other honours ===  He received [[Honorary citizenship|honorary citizenship]] of several cities:<ref name="tass-death"/><ref name="vsesmi-stroke"/> * In Russia: [[Kaluga]]a, [[Kovrov]], [[Magnitogorsk]] (1965), [[Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk]] * In Ukraine: [[Poltava]], [[Zaporizhzhia]] and [[Bila Tserkva]] * In [[Bulgaria]]: [[Targovishte]] * In [[Kazakhstan]]: [[Atyrau|Guriev]]

Notes: : a Popovich is the only person to have received the honorary citizenship of Kaluga twice. The first time was in August 1962 (Decision 597 of the Executive Committee of Kaluga City Council of Workers' Deputies), and the second time was in April 1964 (Decision 237 of the Executive Committee of Kaluga City Council of Workers' Deputies).<ref name="kg-honors"/>

A bronze sculpture to Popovich was established in [[Uzyn]].<ref name="tass-death"/>

The name of Pavel Popovich was given to a mountain ridge in Antarctica and to the Mars-crossing asteroid [[8444 Popovich]].<ref name="tass-death"/><ref name="astronote"/>

In 1991, he became director of the Institute Rossiyskogo for Monitoring of Land and Ecosystems, then worked as chairman of the board of directors of the All-Russia Institute of Aero-Photo-Geodesic Studies (VISKhAGI), dealing with the compilation of a land inventory of Russia using images from space.<ref name="tass-death"/><ref name="astronote"/>

He had also been the chairman of [[Ukrainian diaspora]] organisation in Russia.

He was awarded a Gold [[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky|Tsiolkovsky]] Medal by the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Academy of Sciences of the USSR]] and a De La Vaux Medal from the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]].<ref name="vsesmi-stroke"/><ref name="astronote"/>

In Ukraine there was a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the first Ukrainian astronaut, twice the Hero of the Soviet Union P.P. Popovich.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1696-2010-%D1%80|title=A celebration of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the first Ukrainian astronaut, twice the Hero of the Soviet Union P.P. Popovich.|date=February 15, 2018}}</ref>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="5"> File:1974 CPA 4402.jpg|Postage stamp (Soviet Union): Pavel Popovich and [[Yury Artyukhin]] – ''Soyuz 14'' Mission File:Stamp 2012 Popovych (1).jpg|2012 stamp of [[Ukraine]] </gallery>

==Ufology== In 1984 Popovich joined the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]]' newly created All-Union Investigation Committee for Anomalous Aerial Phenomena and became head of the Academy's [[UFO]] Commission.

In the 2002 [[Syfy|SciFi Channel]] documentary ''[[Out of the Blue (2002 film)|Out of the Blue]]'', Popovich relays a sighting of a UFO next to the airplane he was travelling aboard as he was returning home from Washington, D.C., with a delegation of scientists. The UFO was seen by everyone on board the plane. It was perfect triangle shaped and emitted a very bright, white light at a distance of about {{convert|1.5|km|mi}} and an altitude about {{convert|1000|m|ft}} above the airplane. The object had an estimated speed of {{convert|1500|km/h|mph}} travelling parallel to the airplane and passed and overtook the plane in about 30 to 40 seconds.<ref name="out-of-the-blue"/>

Popovich was the president of the UFO association of Russia.

==Bibliography== Details are from ''Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote'', unless otherwise noted<ref name="astronote"/>

=== Books === * "I Flew in the Morning" (1974)<ref name="wh-popovich"/> * "Space Humanity" (1981)<ref name="wh-popovich"/> * "Tested in Space and on Earth" (1982)<ref name="wh-popovich"/> * "The endless roads of the Universe" (1985)<ref name="wh-popovich"/> * "Robinson of the Universe" (1986)<ref name="wh-popovich"/>

=== Works in Collections === * "Space – My Job" * "High Orbit" * "Star" * "Conquest of Infinity" * "... 3, 2, 1!"

=== Essays === * "Secrets of the Galaxy" * "Mysteries of the Eternal Cosmos" * "Forward – to the Sources of the Past"

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="tass-death">{{cite news|url=http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14382769&PageNum=0|title=Pavel Popovich – one of forerunners of manned space research, dead|date=30 September 2009|publisher=[[Information Telegraph Agency of Russia|ITAR-TASS]]|access-date=2009-09-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006045008/http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14382769&PageNum=0|archive-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> <ref name="vsesmi-stroke">{{cite news|url=http://www.vsesmi.ru/news/3311601/|title=Doctors: Cosmonaut Popovich died of a stroke|date=30 September 2009|work=VSESMI.RU|publisher=System News|access-date=2009-09-30|location=Russia|archive-date=2011-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721151155/http://www.vsesmi.ru/news/3311601/|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="collectspace-obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-093009b.html|title=Pavel Popovich, sixth man in orbit, dies|date=30 September 2009|publisher=[[collectSPACE]]|access-date=2009-09-30}}</ref> <ref name="astronote">{{cite web|url=http://www.astronaut.ru/as_rusia/vvs/text/popovich.htm?reload_coolmenus|title=Pavel Romanovich Popovich |date=11 June 2009|publisher=Space Encyclopedia ASTROnote|language=ru|access-date=2009-09-30}}</ref> <ref name="wh-popovich">{{cite web|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=691|title=Popovich, Pavel Romanovich|publisher=Russian War Heroes|language=ru|access-date=2009-10-01}}</ref> <ref name="ni-obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.newizv.ru/lenta/115191/|title=Cosmonaut Popovich has now permanently left the ground|date=30 September 2009|publisher=[[Novye Izvestiya]]|language=ru|access-date=2009-10-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005030624/http://www.newizv.ru/lenta/115191|archive-date=5 October 2009}}</ref> <ref name="nr-death">{{cite web |script-title = ru:В Крыму скончался летчик-космонавт Павел Попович |url = http://www.nr2.ru/251332.html |publisher = New Region 2 |access-date = 2009-09-30 |language = ru |trans-title = Space pilot Pavel Popovich died in Crimea |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928193038/http://www.nr2.ru/251332.html |archive-date = 2011-09-28 }}</ref> <ref name="polit-obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.polit.ru/news/2009/09/30/Popovich.html|title=In Crimea, twice 'Hero of the Soviet' cosmonaut Pavel Popovich dies|date=30 September 2009|publisher=Polit.ru|language=ru|access-date=2009-09-30|location=Russia}}</ref> <ref name="kg-honors">{{cite web|url=http://www.kaluga-gov.ru/index.php?do=cat&category=imi_gorditsja_kaluga|title=Ими гордится Калуга ("They Bring Pride to Kaluga")|publisher=Office of the Affairs of the Mayor of Kaluga|language=ru|access-date=2009-10-01|location=Kaluga|archive-date=2011-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724022931/http://www.kaluga-gov.ru/index.php?do=cat&category=imi_gorditsja_kaluga|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="out-of-the-blue">{{cite video |people= James Fox, Tim Coleman, Boris Zubov |date= 2002 |title= Out of the Blue |url= http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5545276251937701731&ei=CbIOSdjdEoLm2QLKjY18&q=out+of+the+blue+ufo |medium= Documentary |publisher= Hannover House |access-date= 2008-11-03 |time= 0:41:00 |archive-date= 2011-06-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629033828/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5545276251937701731&ei=CbIOSdjdEoLm2QLKjY18&q=out+of+the+blue+ufo |url-status= dead }} (Source does not state in which year this incident took place)</ref> }}

==Further reading== * {{cite book| author = Colin Burgess|author2=Rex Hall| title = The first Soviet cosmonaut team: their lives, legacy, and historical impact| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rrdVPtCNL9AC| year = 2009| publisher = Praxis| isbn = 978-0-387-84823-5 }} * {{in lang|cs}} Codr, Milan. "O kosmických dnech a nocích" (Praha : Práce, 1987) : ''Codru, Milan. "The cosmic days and nights" ([[Prague]]: Práce, 1987)'' * {{in lang|cs}} Codr, Milan. "Sto hvězdných kapitánů" (Praha: Práce, 1982) : ''Codr, Milan. "Sto Star Captains" (Prague: Práce, 1982)'' * {{cite book| author = Brian Harvey| title = Soviet and Russian lunar exploration| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nVeY7vMCtOkC| year = 2007| publisher = Praxis| isbn = 978-0-387-21896-0 }} * {{in lang|ru}} Ребров, М. Ф. "Советские космонавты" (2-е изд.) (М.: [[Voenizdat|Воениздат]], 1983) : ''Rebrov, M. F. "Soviet cosmonauts" (2nd ed.) (Moscow: Military Publishing, 1983)'' * {{in lang|ru}} Шкадов, И. Н. (Пред.ред.коллегии) "Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь. Т.2." (М.: Воениздат, 1988) : ''Shkadov, J. H. (editor) "Heroes of the Soviet Union: A brief biographical dictionary Vol. 2" (Moscow: Voenizdat, 1988)'' * "Testing of rocket and space technology - the business of my life" Events and facts - [[Arkady Ostashev|A.I. Ostashev]], [[Korolyov, Moscow Oblast|Korolyov]], 2001.[http://cosmosravelin.narod.ru/r-space/bibliografia.html]; * "Bank of the Universe" - edited by Boltenko A. C., [[Kyiv]], 2014., publishing house "Phoenix", {{ISBN|978-966-136-169-9}} * [http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/chertok/kniga-1/01.html "Rockets and people"] – [[Boris Chertok|B. E. Chertok]], M: "mechanical engineering", 1999. {{ISBN|5-217-02942-0}} {{in lang|ru}} * [[Arkady Ostashev|A.I. Ostashev]], ''Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov - The Genius of the 20th Century'' — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL {{ISBN|978-5-8135-0510-2}}. * "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, [[S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia|RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev]], 2014 {{ISBN|978-5-906674-04-3}} * Hall, Rex; David Shayler; Bert Vis. ''Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin''. Praxis. 2005 {{ISBN|0-387-21894-7}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.peoples.ru/military/cosmos/popovich/ Peoples History – from "Советские космонавты" (Soviet Cosmonauts)] * {{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707144510/http://www.mgzt.ru/article/310/ Медицинская Газета (Medical Newspaper) Interview with Popovich] * {{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106152624/http://www.biograph.ru/bank/popovich_pr.htm Biograph.ru Biography] * {{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005030624/http://www.newizv.ru/lenta/115191 Novye Izvestiya Obituary – includes extracts from Popovich's logbook] *[http://www.baikonuradm.ru/index.php?mod=180 The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur] *http://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2012/08/15/91709/ *http://www.tvroscosmos.ru/4193/ *https://twitter.com/search?q=Pavel%20Popovich&src=typd *http://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/blog-history-40900761

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