Major General Andrian Nikolayev Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV
Born: September 5, 1929 in Shorshely, Chuvashia, Russia
Died: July 3, 2004 in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia
Died: July 3, 2004 in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Russia
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was an ethnic Chuvash.
Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. His call sign in these flights was Falcon. On both, he set new endurance records for the longest time a human being had remained in orbit. He also served as backup for the Vostok 2 and Soyuz 8 missions. On 22 January 1969, Nikolayev survived an assassination attempt on Leonid Brezhnev, undertaken by a Soviet Army deserter, Viktor Ilyin. He left the cosmonaut corps on 26 January 1982.
Nikolayev was also the first person to make a television broadcast from space, in August 1962. Vostok 3 was part the first dual space flight, with Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4.
In the early days of space travel, it was usual to place trainee astronauts into isolation chambers to see how long they could last alone. They sat in silence unable to gauge time. Many men cracked. One cosmonaut, Andriyan Nikolayev lasted the longest - four days - and became known as the Iron Man.
On 3 November 1963, he married Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space. They had one daughter, Elena Andriyanovna (now a Doctor of Medicine), before their marriage collapsed. However, it was not until 1982 that they divorced.
In 2004, Nikolayev died of a heart attack in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia in Russia.
Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. His call sign in these flights was Falcon. On both, he set new endurance records for the longest time a human being had remained in orbit. He also served as backup for the Vostok 2 and Soyuz 8 missions. On 22 January 1969, Nikolayev survived an assassination attempt on Leonid Brezhnev, undertaken by a Soviet Army deserter, Viktor Ilyin. He left the cosmonaut corps on 26 January 1982.
Nikolayev was also the first person to make a television broadcast from space, in August 1962. Vostok 3 was part the first dual space flight, with Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4.
In the early days of space travel, it was usual to place trainee astronauts into isolation chambers to see how long they could last alone. They sat in silence unable to gauge time. Many men cracked. One cosmonaut, Andriyan Nikolayev lasted the longest - four days - and became known as the Iron Man.
On 3 November 1963, he married Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space. They had one daughter, Elena Andriyanovna (now a Doctor of Medicine), before their marriage collapsed. However, it was not until 1982 that they divorced.
In 2004, Nikolayev died of a heart attack in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia in Russia.
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ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV The Russian cosmonaut pens his name on this 4½x6 colorized photo postcard Photograph signed: "Nikolayev" in Russian. Color, 4½x6. read more...Sale Price $221.00
$260.00
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ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV The Russian cosmonaut signs this 3½x2½ black and white photo Photograph signed: "Nikolayev" in Russian. B/w, 3½x2½ overall, image 2¾x2½ (one surface). read more...Sale Price $187.00
$220.00
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ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV 3½x4½ black and white postcard photo signed by the Soviet cosmonaut Photograph signed: "Nikolayev" in Russian. B/w, 3½x4½. read more...Sale Price $540.00
$675.00
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ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV He signs an American cover commemorating the Apollo/Soyuz rendezvous Commemorative Envelope signed: "Nikolayev", 6½x3¾. Cover with ink stamp cachet celebrating the launch of the joint US/Soviet Apollo/Soyuz mission. read more...Sale Price $59.50
$70.00
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ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV The Russian space explorer pens his name on this 5¾x8¼ printed photo Printed Photograph signed in Ink: "Nikolayev" in Russian. Color, 5¾x8¼ overall, image 5½x7 (one surface). Biography on verso in Russian. read more...Sale Price $221.00
$260.00
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COSMONAUTS: YURI GAGARIN, PAVEL POPOVICH and ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV Photograph signed: "Gagarin", "Popovich" and "Nikolayev" in Russian. B/w, 6¼x5¼ overall, image 6¼x4½ (one surface). read more...Sale Price $2,080.00
$2,600.00
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COSMONAUTS: YURI GAGARIN, GHERMAN S. TITOV, ANDRIYAN NIKOLAYEV and PAVYEL POPOVICH The first four cosmonauts in space pen their names on this 6x4¼ black and white photo Photograph read more...Sale Price $2,880.00
$3,600.00
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VOSTOK COSMONAUTS: YURI GAGARIN, GHERMAN S. TITOV, ANDRIYAN NIKOLAYEV and PAVYEL POPOVICH 6x4½ signed photograph of the first four Soviets in space Photograph signed: read more...Sale Price $2,880.00
$3,600.00
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COSMONAUTS: YURI GAGARIN, ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV, PAVEL POPOVICH and GHERMAN TITOV 6x4 photo of the first four cosmonauts to journey into space Photograph signed: " read more...Sale Price $2,750.00
$3,600.00
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SOVIET COSMONAUTS: VOSTOK PROGRAM Rare 7¼x4¾ photo signed by all six of the first Soviet cosmonauts in space Photograph signed: "Gagarin", read more...Sale Price $3,200.00
$4,000.00
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COSMONAUTS (1st Six): YURI GAGARIN, ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV, PAVEL R. POPOVICH and GHERMAN TITOV, VALENTINA TERESHKOVA and VALERY BYKOVSKY The first six Soviets to travel in space sign this typed read more...Sale Price $2,720.00
$3,400.00
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COSMONAUTS: YURI GAGARIN, VALERI BYKOVSKY, VALENTINA TERESHKOVA, ANDRIYAN NIKOLAYEV and GHERMAN TITOV All five sign a printed invitation to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the Soviet Army and Fleet Invitation signed: read more...Sale Price $1,440.00
$1,800.00
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COSMONAUTS Seventeen veterans of the first decade of the Soviet space program sign the half-title page of a Russian-language book, The Conquering of Space Book signed: "V. Tereshkova", "A. Leonov", "Nikolayev", "V. read more...Sale Price $2,400.00
$3,000.00
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EARLY COSMONAUTS: GEORGY T. BEREGOVOY, VITALY SEVASTYANOV and ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV 1971 Russian commemorative envelope signed by the three early cosmonauts. Extremely rare! Commemorative read more...Sale Price $323.00
$380.00
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COSMONAUTS: VALENTINA TERESHKOVA, ANDRIAN NIKOLAYEV, VLADIMIR SHATALOV, ALEXEI LEONOV and VALERY KUBASOV Five cosmonauts who flew in the 1960s sign this empty cigarette box Empty Cigarette Box signed: "V. read more...Sale Price $880.00
$1,100.00
