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Vladimir Seryogin

Soviet test pilot

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Colonel
name	Vladimir Sergeyevich Seryogin
native_name	Владимир Сергеевич Серёгин
image	Vladimir Seryogin.jpg
caption	Seryogin 1960s
nationality	Soviet
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	Moscow, Soviet Union
death_place	Kirzhach, Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
occupation	Test pilot
rank	Polkovnik (equiv. Colonel), Soviet Air Force
battles	World War II
awards	Hero of the Soviet Union
resting_place	Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow	death_cause=MiG-15 jet crash

Vladimir Sergeyevich Seryogin (; 7 July 1922 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet test pilot.

Vladimir Seryogin became a volunteer of the Red Army after grammar school. His flying abilities recognized, he was directed to piloting. His performance on the Eastern Front of the Second World War resulted in his being awarded several medals including the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

After conclusion of the war Seryogin remained in the Soviet Air Force. After completing an engineering course, he went on to work as a test pilot for the Soviet Air Force Test Institute. In addition, Seryogin was the commanding officer of the Cosmonauts' Flight Preparation organization.

On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base with his colleague and friend Yuri Gagarin—the first human ever to have flown in space—the MiG-15UTI they were piloting crashed near the town of Kirzhach. Both pilots were killed in the crash; their bodies were subsequently cremated and the ashes were buried in the walls of the Kremlin on Red Square.

References

(27 March 2011). "Как погиб Юрий Гагарин". Free press.
"ВОЕННАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА --[ Дневники и письма ]-- Каманин Н.П. Скрытый космос".
(2018-03-29). "From the Archives (March 29,1968): Gagarin killed in test flight". The Hindu.

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