Vasilyev

Anatoli Alekeseyevich Vasilyev Russian Military Officer. Born 28 November 1921. Died 12 November 1973. Commander of GURVO 1964-1967.

Personal: Male. Born in Russia.

After service in World War II, completed Dzerzhinskiy Artillery Academy in 1952. Served at GsP and 5 NIIP MO research institutes. In 1957 deputy commander of forces that tracked the first Sputnik. Commanded Rizhsk Higher Command-Engineering School 1959-1963. Chaired the Scientific-Technical Committee of the Strategic Missile Forces 1967-1969.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Siddiqi, Asif A, The Soviet Space Race With Apollo, University Press of Florida, 2003. ISBN: 0813026288. The definitive history of the Soviet manned space program in the 1960's to the early 1970's. Originally published as the the latter part of 'Challenge to Apollo' by NASA in 2000 as NASA SP-2000-4408. More at amazon.com...

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