Valentina Tereshkova

Hero of the Soviet Union, the world’s first female cosmonaut, Chairman of the Committee of Soviet Women Valentina Tereshkova. The fate of a simple girl from a peasant family, who after graduating from the evening school of working youth worked in a weaving factory, and then soared to the stars, became the “legend of the cosmic Cinderella”. Even during work and correspondence studies at the technical school, Valentina was fascinated by the sky - while studying at the local aero club, she made 163 more