the birth of the pilot-cosmonaut, twice hero of the soviet union, major general of aviation alexei arkhipech leonovurse, famous as an astronaut, but at the same time he was a gifted artist, a wonderful husband and father, and a loyal friend. committed some pranks, that our life was quite fun, and of course, our dads “you know, we are terribly lacking in such jokes with us. i remember my first meeting with alexei arkhipovich in 2003, in december, when we traditionally celebrated new year's eve with the cosmonaut corps, in addition to the active cosmonauts, we always invite our veterans, this is the first time we saw alexey arkhipych, he greeted us young people very warmly. the cosmonaut together with his wives, talked with you a lot, we took the first photographs as a souvenir with him, we were very proud and are still proud of these photographs, and indeed he was, as they say, the soul of the company, he had a lot of stories, and really very funny, very funny, it was always a pleasure to communicate with him, well, it was even more so with him it’s such a pleasure to live, in our family there was o

we continue the conversation about the man who was the first to go into outer space, alexei arkhipech leonov, my guests are oksana leonova and yuri mikhnin. but how did he end up entering the flight school? why? his brother pyotr, older brother, he did his military service in the flight unit, was a sergeant, he still had notes, engines, everything there, lyosha studied all these engines, he liked everything, but he wanted too, well, i would say that this is already consequences, in fact, everything comes from childhood, when dad was still very young, and they moved from the village of lestvyanka to kemerovo and lived in a barracks. in a dorm in a room of 16 16 m2, a family of 12 people, dad’s regular place was a bed under the table, and in this barracks one pilot and dad periodically appeared as a baby followed him, kept looking at him, everything was literally following him, then he noticed him, he said that you are following me, you are a pilot, you should become a pilot, he says, to become a pilot, wash... wash, then he said, well that’s it, you’ll be a doctor, soon they brought the film

union, aviation major general alexey arkhipech leonov. outer space. he became a legend not only of soviet but also of world cosmonautics. alexei arkipech was, of course, famous as an astronaut, but at the same time he was a gifted artist, a wonderful husband and father, and a loyal friend. today my guests are alexei arkhipovich’s daughter, oksana leonova, and his classmate, yuri mikhminin. hello hello! hello! oksana, tell us how alexey arkhipovich filled you up as a dad? incredibly kind, touching in our family relationships, a little naive, that is, dad could never fool mom around his finger, and he was such a cheerful person, he joked with us so much and so many, you know, he played tricks on us, some kind of pranks that our life was quite fun. and of course we miss dad terribly, i remember my first meeting with alexei arkhipovich in december 2003, when we traditionally celebrated the new year with a detachment of cosmonauts, in addition to active cosmonauts, we always invite our veterans, this is the first time we saw alexei arkhipich,

the birth of pilot cosmonaut, twice hero of the soviet union, major general of aviation, alexei arkhipech leonovt is alexey arkhipovich’s daughter oksana leonova and his classmate yuri mikhniv. hello hello! hello! oksana, tell us how you remember alexey arkhipovich as a dad? incredibly kind, touching in our family relationships, a little naive, that is, dad could be taken around. never mother, and he was such a cheerful person, he joked with us so much and played so many, you know, pranks on us, some pranks, that our life was quite cheerful, and of course, dads to us there's something scary missing, i remember my first meeting with alexey arkhipovich in december 2003, when we traditionally celebrated the new year with a detachment of cosmonauts, except for the current cosmonaut. we always invite our veterans, so...

we continue the conversation about the man who was the first to go into outer space, alexei arkhipech leonov and lived in a barracks in a dormitory in a room of 16, 16 m2, a family of 12 people, my father’s regular place was under the bed under the table and in this baraga one pilot appeared from time to time, and dad, being a little kid, followed him... he kept looking at him, everything was literally following him, then he noticed him, he said that you are following me, well, a pilot, i wish i could become a pilot, he says in order to become a pilot, you have to wash your face, well, then you started to wash your face, some time passes, which means that dad meets this pilot again, and he was amazed by his uniform, this skokarda cap, it’s all just like dad said - chicken on na on well, yes they are. on his uniform, well, he started to wash himself, he says, he started, but for some reason you can’t wash your neck, that ’s why he decided to wash his neck, then he said, that’s it, you’ll be a doctor, soon they brought the film fighters to the cinema, where mark bernes sang, so the boys went a