Grigoryev

Mikhail Grigoryevich Grigoryev Russian Military Officer. Born 23 October 1917. Died 12 November 1981. First Commander of Plesetsk 1957-1962.

Personal: Male. Born in Russia.

Finished World War II as a brigade commander. Scientific and academic positions in the early 1950's at military institutes and schools. Named first commander of a Soviet ICBM base, and led its construction near Plesetsk. From 1962, Deputy Commander, and from 1966, Commander of a Missile Army within the RVSN Strategic Rocket Forces. A First Deputy on the General Staf of RVSN from 1968. Later chaired the State Trials Commission for Almaz.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Siddiqi, Asif A, The Soviet Space Race With Apollo, University Press of Florida, 2003. ISBN: 0813026288. The definitive history of the Soviet manned space program in the 1960's to the early 1970's. Originally published as the the latter part of 'Challenge to Apollo' by NASA in 2000 as NASA SP-2000-4408. More at amazon.com...

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