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Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik Russian Military Officer. Born 27 September 1918. Colonel-General, Commander of the RVSN Strategic Rocket Forces from August 1972 to 1979.

Personal: Male. Born in Russia.

Chief of Staff at Baikonur from 1957, Chief of Launch Complexes there from 1958. Relieved from his duties at Baikonur after the Nedelin disaster in 1961. However career seemed undamaged, thereafter made Chief of Special Command Points of the Rocket Forces, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RVSN, Chief of Staff for a Rocket Army, then named Commander. Retired in 1979.

Bibliography:

  • Pervov, Mikhail, Raketnoye Oruzhiye RVSN, Violanta, Moscow, 1999..
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