✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Boris Volynov!

Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two harrowing missions and is considered the first Jew in space.

Volnov trained to be on the Voskhod 1 mission, the seventh manned Soviet flight mission, as well as the Voskhod, but was bumped from the crew roster of both, very likely due to his being Jewish. He did fly on Soyuz 5, but both this and the Soyuz 21 mission suffered muliple mission problems, including mechanical failures and resulted in hard landings, the first of which broke several of Volynov's teeth.

Despite his career being held back for being Jewish, Volynov has been heavily awarded, including two Orders of Lenin, two Hero of the Soviet Union awards, an Order of the Red Star, an Order of Friendship, an "Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class", as well as others.

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