Biography of Aubakirov Toktar

Soviet astronaut, Kazakhstani politician. The first Kazakh astronaut.

Hero of the Soviet Union Honored Power Putter of the USSR People's Hero of Kazakhstan Father - ONAGABAI AUBAKIROV, Blacksmith. Mother - Kamilya Aubakirova in the girlishness of Ensbaev; , was a hammer in the forge of her husband, then a housewife. Sister - Biken Onarbaevna Aubakirova Sister - Zulpin Onarbaevna Aubakirova G. His name in Kazakh means “stop” such a name Kazakhs has long been given a male child, who was born after a series of deceased newborn or when all previous newborn were only girls.

He was the first boy with his parents after two girls. At the end of 8 classes of secondary school, he worked as a turner at the Temirtau Foundry and Mechanical Plant. In parallel, he studied at the evening school, which he graduated in the year. In the year he graduated from the Armavir Higher Military Aviation School of Air Defense Pilots. Then he worked as a test pilot at the aircraft factory in Ulan-Ude.

In the year in absentia he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze. In years - a test pilot of the OKB named after Mikoyan. During the work, he mastered more than 50 types of aircraft. He worked in Crimea on the topics of ship -based aircraft. The first in the USSR to make a non -stop flight to the North Pole and with two refueling in the air. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 31, for the courage and heroism shown in the test of new aircraft, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.

About how he became an astronaut, Toktar Aubakirov said: “Faith in fate has always played an important role for me. Maybe the upbringing of my mother affected. She said: everyone has a mark on her forehead - who will be when he grows, what heights he will reach. At the same time, she reminded: in order to achieve everything, you need to help yourself. You can’t lie and wait.

The brains are required to work, and the hands should not be alone. To become an astronaut, I had to believe in fate. After all, I only agreed to fly into space for the third time. The first time they suggested when the head of the republic Dinmuhamed Akhmedovich Kunaev sought Kazakh throughout the Soviet Union so that he flew into space. Stopped at me. I refused, since I just came to work for the company of the ingenious aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan, the author of the famous MiGs.

Throwing everything, rushing behind a light star is not in my understanding. For the second time, the Minister of Aviation Industry proposed heading the group of the Buran complex. I loved my work very much, conducted tests, so I answered "no." The third time happened the following. I went to ride with children on Shymbulak. Suddenly friends arrived, they say: why did you hide that you were going into space?

It turns out that the head of our republic Nursultan Nazarbayev made a request to the Ministry of Defense, which of the pilots was prepared for space flight. He already knew that I would fly. When I met with him, I heard a fateful phrase: “Our people were waiting for 30 years old when the Kazakh is flying into space! You should fly! Flight in the period in the period of the year as an astronaut-research ship Soyuz TM along with the crew commander Alexander Volkovy Franz Fibek.

Within a week he worked on board the Mir orbital complex. The length of stay in space was 7 days 22 hours 13 minutes. Up to a year lived in the city of Zhukovsky, Moscow Region. Since April - First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan for the development of space. He was the general director of the National Aerospace Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In the year, Toktar Aubakirov became a member of the nationwide social democratic party "Azat". They met at the beginning of the year. She then worked as an engineer-programmer at the testing center in the suburbs. For a long time, the couple was not in an official marriage - they got married when Aubakirova was 39 years old, and Tatyana was 34 years old. Son - Timur Toktarovich Aubakirov G.

Son - Mikhail Toktarovich Aubakirov G.