Pavel Vlasov

Pavel Vlasov

Russian Test Pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation

Pavel Nikolaevich Vlasov (Russian: Павел Николаевич Власов; born 13 October 1960) is a Russian test pilot, engineer, one of the Gromov Flight Research Institute directors (2010–2017), chief of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (2017–2021) and Hero of the Russian Federation.2

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Born Oct 13, 1960.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • 1977 to 1981Ivan Kozhedub National University of the Air Force3
  • 1987 to 1989Fedotov Test Pilot School3
  • 2010Skolkovo Moscow School of Management3

Early years and military service

Vlasov was born on October 13, 1960, in the city of Lebedyn in the Ukrainian SSR (current Ukraine). He graduated high school with a gold medal and in 1977 he entered the Gritsevets Military Aviation Higher School of Pilots.

He trained there with Aero L-39 and MIG-21 aircraft and graduated with a "red diploma" in 1981.

Upon graduation Vlasov was assigned to serve as a flight instructor and trained military pilots in the same flight school. In 1987 he was selected for test pilot training at the Fedotov Test Pilot School.

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Career

Occupation: aerospace engineer, test pilot, manager.5

Personal life

  • BornOct 13, 1960, Lebedyn6
  • CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia7
  • Children28

Family

In 1986, Vlasov married Elena Pavlovna Vlasova, a teacher of chemistry and biology. Together they have a daughter Anna (born 1987) and a son Andrey (born 1993).

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Awards

  • 2021chest badge «For Merits to the Moscow Region»9
  • 2017Gromov medal9 11
  • 2010Honoured aircraft engineer of the Russian Federation9
  • 2004Golden Idea national award9 10
  • 2003Honored Test Pilot of the Russian Federation9
  • 1998Hero of the Russian Federation9
  • 1996Order of Courage9
  • 1977summa cum laude9