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Ryabikov
Vasili Mikhailovich Ryabikov Russian Government Official. Born 14 January 1907. Died 19 July 1974. Chief of Third Chief Directorate of Council of Ministers 1951-1953. Chaired Military-Industrial Commission 1955-1957and Sputnik State Commission.

Personal: Male. Born in Russia.

Ryabikov Chronology

10 July 1968 - L3 recovery controversy.. Marshal Zakharov has consulted with Ryabikov at Gosplan on what commitments Grechko has made from Ministry of Defence funds for L3 recovery forces. Gosplan advised him that 800 million roubles and 21,000 staff were committed, but the justification for these amounts were not methodically developed. Mishin is now saying that hundreds, not thousands of cadres will be required, see he can set the return capsule down in within the confines of the cosmodrome.

2 August 1968 - Reduced L3 recovery forces accepted.. Vershinin, Afanasyev, Keldysh, and Ryabikov accept the reduced recovery forces estimate. Meanwhile a letter from the cosmonauts disputes the Gagarin crash investigation finding ('pilot error resulting in an abrupt manoeuvre').
Bibliography:

  • Siddiqi, Asif A, The Soviet Space Race With Apollo, University Press of Florida, 2003.
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