Select date

May 2024
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Author of Russian cosmonauts’ unofficial anthem dies at 85

27-7-2018 < RT 47 58 words
 

Vladimir Voynovich, Russian author, poet, journalist and dissident, who wrote the lyrics for the unofficial anthem of Russian cosmonauts “14 minutes to lift-off” has died from a heart attack, his family reported. Voynovich is also known for his satirical trilogy “The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin” and for his dystopian novel “Moscow 2042”.


Print