Boris Volynov is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Boris Volynov as Soviet cosmonaut.
Boris Volynov was born at Irkutsk in 1934. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Kacha Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots and Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives his occupations as aircraft pilot, astronaut and engineer.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Star and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Working from the Soviet Union shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Achievements
- Educated at Kacha Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots and Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Worked as aircraft pilot, astronaut and engineer
