Yaroslav Golovanov
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Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovanov ' onMouseout='HidePop("30466")' href="/topics/Moscow">Moscow
– 21 May 2003, Peredelkino
) was a Russian journalist, writer and science popularizer. He covered space exploration by the Soviet Union
from its beginnings.
Golovanov's father was director of a theatre (today's Gogol's Theatre). His mother was an actress.
Golovanov studied rocket engineering at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, finishing in 1957(?). During 1956-58 he worked in a laboratory of the Ministry of Aviation Industry. In September 1957 he started to write for the science department of the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda
, working there as an editor from February 1958. From 1968 to 2003 he was an independent contributor of the newspaper.
Golovanov soon specialized in space exploration. The first novel "Кузнецы грома" (Thunder's Blacksmiths) deals with the lives of Soviet rocket designers.
Between 1965 and 1966 Golovanov was a member of a team of three journalists, unofficial candidates for a space flight. The team was disbanded after Korolyov's death. (Golovanov tried, in vain, to became a cosmonaut in the early 1990s.)
In 1982 he published "Дорога на космодром" (Doroga na kosmodrom, The Path to Cosmodrome
), a detailed overview of the history of space exploration, mainly in the Soviet Union. His detailed biography of Korolyov was published in 1994 under name "Королев. Факты и мифы" (Korolyov - facts and myths). Golovanov's diary of fifty years was published in 1998-99 under the title "Заметки вашего современника" (Notes from Your Contemporary).
In total, Yaroslav Golovanov published 20 books, which were translated into 25 languages.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
– 21 May 2003, Peredelkino
Peredelkino
Peredelkino is a dacha complex situated just to the southwest of Moscow, Russia.-History:The settlement originated as the estate of Peredeltsy, owned by the Leontievs , then by Princes Dolgorukov and by the Samarins. After a railway passed through the village in the 19th century, it was renamed...
) was a Russian journalist, writer and science popularizer. He covered space exploration by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
from its beginnings.
Golovanov's father was director of a theatre (today's Gogol's Theatre). His mother was an actress.
Golovanov studied rocket engineering at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, finishing in 1957(?). During 1956-58 he worked in a laboratory of the Ministry of Aviation Industry. In September 1957 he started to write for the science department of the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Komsomolskaya Pravda is a daily Russian tabloid newspaper, founded on March 13th, 1925. It is published by "Izdatelsky Dom Komsomolskaya Pravda" .- History :...
, working there as an editor from February 1958. From 1968 to 2003 he was an independent contributor of the newspaper.
Golovanov soon specialized in space exploration. The first novel "Кузнецы грома" (Thunder's Blacksmiths) deals with the lives of Soviet rocket designers.
Between 1965 and 1966 Golovanov was a member of a team of three journalists, unofficial candidates for a space flight. The team was disbanded after Korolyov's death. (Golovanov tried, in vain, to became a cosmonaut in the early 1990s.)
In 1982 he published "Дорога на космодром" (Doroga na kosmodrom, The Path to Cosmodrome
Spaceport
A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching spacecraft, by analogy with seaport for ships or airport for aircraft. The word spaceport, and even more so cosmodrome, has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories...
), a detailed overview of the history of space exploration, mainly in the Soviet Union. His detailed biography of Korolyov was published in 1994 under name "Королев. Факты и мифы" (Korolyov - facts and myths). Golovanov's diary of fifty years was published in 1998-99 under the title "Заметки вашего современника" (Notes from Your Contemporary).
In total, Yaroslav Golovanov published 20 books, which were translated into 25 languages.
Trivia
- Dmitri BilenkinDmitri BilenkinDmítri Aleksándrovitch Bilénkin Bilénkin's stories were translated into English, German, Polish, French, Vietnamese and Japanese. In the United States, most of his works were published by Macmillan Publishers...
, Agranovsky, Yaroslav Golovanov, Komarov, and an artist Pavel Bunin used the collective pseudonym Pavel Bagryak for some of their works.
External links
- Biography (in Russian)
- Obituary and professional biography (in Czech)