Lev Dyomin
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| Lev Stepanovich Dyomin | |
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| Nationality | Soviet |
| Born | January 11, 1926 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | December 18, 1998 Zvyozdny Gorodok, Russia |
| Other occupation | Pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, Soviet Air Force |
| Space time | 2d 00h 12m |
| Selection | Air Force Group 2 |
| Missions | Soyuz 15 |
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин; born January 11, 1926, in Moscow, died December 18, 1998, in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission.
Dyomin gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Academy and the rank of Colonel in the Soviet Air Force.
He only made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space programme in 1982 and taking up deep-sea research.
He died of cancer in 1998.
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