Yuri Gidzenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yuri Gidzenko

Russian cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1962

Place of Birth: Yelanets, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine

Profession: astronaut, military personnel, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko (Russian: ???? ???????? ????????; born March 26, 1962) is a Russian cosmonaut.
He was a test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK).
Gidzenko has flown into space three times and has lived on board the Mir and International Space Stations.
He has also conducted two career spacewalks.
Although he retired on July 15, 2001, he continued his employment by a special contract until Soyuz TM-34 concluded.
Since 2004 to May 2009, Gidzenko was the Director of the 3rd department within the TsPK.
Since May 2009 he serves as the Deputy Chief of Cosmonaut Training Center TsPK.