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Valeriy Dmitriyevich Kalmykov Russian Government Official. Born 28 August 1908. Died 22 March 1974. Minister of Radio-Technical Industry 1954-1974. Personal: Male. Born in Russia.
Kalmykov Chronology 14 January 1971 - VVS should support Almaz and Spiral.. Kamanin discusses with Kutakhov the need for the VVS to back Chelomei rather than Mishin. As for the Spiral, the support of Dementiev, Afanasyev, Kalmykov, and Zverev have been lined up for the program. But Grechko is still blocking it. And Kutakhov is unwilling to challenge Grechko on the issue.
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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