In the history of technology, Georgy Dobrovolsky is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Georgy Dobrovolsky as Soviet cosmonaut (1928-1971).
Georgy Dobrovolsky was born at Odesa in 1928. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at Gagarin Air Force 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 astronaut and aircraft pilot.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union and Medal "For Battle Merit".
That the work was done from the Soviet Union matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Georgy Dobrovolsky died in 1971 at the age of 43. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at Gagarin Air Force Academy
- Worked as astronaut and aircraft pilot
