Yavas
Encyclopedia
Yavas is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) in Zubovo-Polyansky District
of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
. Population:
It is a birth place of the Soviet/Russian cosmonaut
Vladimir Dezhurov
(1962).
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) in Zubovo-Polyansky District
Zubovo-Polyansky District
Zubovo-Polyansky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fourteen in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Zubova Polyana. District's population: 65,735 ; Population of Zubova Polyana accounts for 17.4% of the district's...
of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Population:
It is a birth place of the Soviet/Russian cosmonaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
Vladimir Dezhurov
Vladimir Dezhurov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov is a former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow. He is a veteran of two spaceflights, to the Mir and International Space Stations. During his career, Duzhurov also conducted nine spacewalks before his retirement on July 12, 2004.- Personal :Dezhurov was born...
(1962).