Vladimir Popovkin
Appearance
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin | |
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![]() Vladimir Putin (left) with Popovkin (right), 2006 | |
Native name | Владимир Александрович Поповкин |
Born | Dushanbe, Soviet Union | 25 September 1957
Died | 18 June 2014 Israel | (aged 56)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/branch | Space Forces |
Years of service | 1975–2009 |
Rank | General of the Army |
Commands held | Space Forces |
Awards | Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Order of Military Merit... |
Other work | Director General of Roscosmos |
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin[1] (Russian: Владимир Александрович Поповкин; 25 September 1957 – 18 June 2014) was a Russian military personnel. He was the General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia.
He was a General of the Army and former commander of the Russian Space Forces.[2]
Popovkin died of cancer on 18 June 2014 in a hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, aged 56.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency - Vladimir A. Popovkin". Roscosmos. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- ↑ "Руководитель Федерального космического агентства - Владимир Александрович Поповкин" [Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency - Vladimir Popovkin] (in Russian). Roscosmos. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- ↑ Death announcement (Russian)