Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast (Volgograd Oblast), USSR on August 27, 1941. Studied in Taganrog's high school N24, 1949-1959. Married with two children. Selected as a cosmonaut on May 7, 1967. Retired on July 20, 1988. Died on November 8, 1999 in Zvyozdny Gorodok, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation.
Was Commander of Soyuz T-2 (June 5-9, 1980) and Soyuz T-11 (April 3-11, 1984).
Yury Malyshev died suddenly on November 8, 1999.
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