Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR

The title was established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on 14 April 1961.[1] It was awarded until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 where it was retained by the Law of the Russian Federation 2555-1 dated 20 March 1992[2] with a few slight amendments and renamed Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.

The title was assigned by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet for the outstanding feat of space flight. The insignia of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR is worn on the right side of the chest above orders and decorations.[1] If worn with honorary titles of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.[3]

The title is a 25mm wide by 23.8mm high convex pentagon with a gilt silver rim. In the center is an image of the terrestrial globe with the territory of the Soviet Union enamelled in red. A gold star denotes Moscow as the point of origin of a gilt orbital path going around the globe once to reach a silver satellite at the upper left of the globe. A second orbital path, this time enamelled in red, starts at the bottom center of the globe going up in an arc narrowing along the way to reach a gilt spacecraft above the globe. Along the upper left edge of the pentagon above the globe, the gilt relief inscription "PILOT" (Russian: ЛЕТЧИК), along the upper right edge of the pentagon above the globe, the gilt relief inscription "COSMONAUT" (Russian: КОСМОНАВТ), along the bottom edge of the pentagon under the globe, the gilt inscription "USSR" (Russian: СССР), along the left and right lower edges of the pentagon, prominent gilt laurel branches. The reverse of the insignia is plain except for the award serial number.[1]

The insignia is secured to a standard Russian square mount by a ring through the suspension loop. The award is secured to clothing with a threaded stud and nut behind the mount. The mount is covered by a silk moiré red ribbon.[1]

The individuals listed below have all received the honorary title "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR".[4] List is sorted by the serial number of the award.

1. 1961 — Yuri Gagarin
2. 1961 — Gherman Titov
3. 1962 — Andriyan Nikolayev
4. 1962 — Pavel Popovich
5. 1963 — Valery Bykovsky
6. 1963 — Valentina Tereshkova
7. 1964 — Vladimir Komarov
8. 1964 — Konstantin Feoktistov
9. 1964 — Boris Yegorov
10. 1965 — Pavel Belyayev
11. 1965 — Alexei Leonov
12. 1968 — Georgy Beregovoy
13. 1969 — Vladimir Shatalov
14. 1969 — Boris Volynov
15. 1969 — Aleksei Yeliseyev
16. 1969 — Yevgeny Khrunov
17. 1969 — Georgy Shonin
18. 1969 — Valeri Kubasov
19. 1969 — Anatoly Filipchenko
20. 1969 — Vladislav Volkov
21. 1969 — Viktor Gorbatko
22. 1970 — Vitaly Sevastyanov
23. 1971 — Nikolay Rukavishnikov
24. 1971 — Georgy Dobrovolsky (posthumously)
25. 1971 — Viktor Patsayev (posthumously)
26. 1973 — Vasily Lazarev
27. 1973 — Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
28. 1973 — Pyotr Klimuk
29. 1973 — Valentin Lebedev
30. 1974 — Yury Artyukhin
31. 1974 — Gennadi Sarafanov
32. 1974 — Lev Dyomin
33. 1975 — Aleksei Gubarev
34. 1975 — Georgy Grechko
35. 1976 — Vitaly Zholobov
36. 1976 — Vladimir Aksyonov
37. 1976 — Vyacheslav Zudov
38. 1976 — Valery Rozhdestvensky
39. 1977 — Yury Glazkov
40. 1977 — Vladimir Kovalyonok
41. 1977 — Valery Ryumin
42. 1978 — Yury Romanenko
43. 1978 — Vladimir Dzhanibekov
44. 1978 — Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
45. 1979 — Vladimir Lyakhov
46. 1980 — Yury Malyshev
47. 1980 — Leonid Popov
48. 1980 — Leonid Kizim
49. 1980 — Gennadi Strekalov
50. 1981 — Viktor Savinykh
51. 1982 — Aleksandr Serebrov
52. 1982 — Svetlana Savitskaya
53. 1982 — Anatoly Berezovoy
54. 1983 — Vladimir Titov
55. 1983 — Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov
56. 1984 — Igor Volk
57. 1984 — Vladimir Solovyov
58. 1984 — Oleg Atkov
59. 1985 — Vladimir Vasyutin
60. 1985 — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
61. 1987 — Aleksandr Viktorenko
62. 1987 — Aleksandr Laveykin
63. 1987 — Anatoli Levchenko
64. 1988 — Anatoly Solovyev
65. 1988 — Musa Manarov
66. 1989 — Sergei Krikalev
67. 1989 — Valeri Polyakov
68. 1990 — Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
69. 1991 — Gennadi Manakov
70. 1991 — Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev
71. 1991 — Anatoly Artsebarsky
72. 1991 — Toktar Aubakirov

• Roscosmos Cosmonaut Corps
• Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
• Badges and Decorations of the Soviet Union
• Soviet Air Force
• Soviet Space Agency
• Baikonur Cosmodrome

• Legal Library of the USSR