Major General Pavel Popovich Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH
Born: October 5, 1930 in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast, United Kingdomrainian SSR, USSR
Died: September 29, 2009 in Gurzuf, Crimea, United Kingdomraine
Died: September 29, 2009 in Gurzuf, Crimea, United Kingdomraine
Pavel Romanovich Popovich was the 4th cosmonaut in space, the 6th person in orbit, and the 8th person in space.
He was born in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast of Soviet Union (now Ukraine) to Roman Porfirievich Popovich (a fireman in a sugar factory) and Theodosia Kasyanovna Semyonov. He had two sisters (one older, one younger) and two brothers (both younger).
During World War II, the Germans occupied Uzyn, and burned documents including Popovich's birth certificate. After the war, these were restored through witness testimony, and although his mother knew that he was born in 1929, two witnesses insisted that Popovich was born in 1930, and so this became his official year of birth.
In 1947, he left vocational school in Bila Tserkva with qualifications as a carpenter. In 1951, Popovich graduated as a construction engineer from a technical school in Magnitogorsk, as well as receiving a pilot's degree.
In 1954, he joined the Young Communist League.
He was married to Marina Popovich, a retired Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer, and legendary Soviet test pilot who has been outspoken about UFO reality. They had two daughters. They later divorced, and Popovich married Alevtina Oshegova.
Popovich was also a keen weight lifter:
"Service in the Air Force made us strong, both physically and morally. All of us cosmonauts took up sports and PT seriously when we served in the Air Force. I know that Yuri Gagarin was fond of ice hockey. He liked to play goal keeper. Gherman Titov was a gymnastics enthusiast, Andriyan Nikolayev liked skiing, Pavel Popovich went in for weight lifting. I don't think I am wrong when I say that sports became a fixture in the life of the cosmonauts."
He was also a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 6th–11th convocations.
After his retirement in 1993, he lived in Moscow.
Popovich died in a hospital in Gurzuf where he had been taken following a stroke on 29 September 2009. Brain hemorrhage was cited as the cause of death. He is buried in Moscow.
He was born in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast of Soviet Union (now Ukraine) to Roman Porfirievich Popovich (a fireman in a sugar factory) and Theodosia Kasyanovna Semyonov. He had two sisters (one older, one younger) and two brothers (both younger).
During World War II, the Germans occupied Uzyn, and burned documents including Popovich's birth certificate. After the war, these were restored through witness testimony, and although his mother knew that he was born in 1929, two witnesses insisted that Popovich was born in 1930, and so this became his official year of birth.
In 1947, he left vocational school in Bila Tserkva with qualifications as a carpenter. In 1951, Popovich graduated as a construction engineer from a technical school in Magnitogorsk, as well as receiving a pilot's degree.
In 1954, he joined the Young Communist League.
He was married to Marina Popovich, a retired Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer, and legendary Soviet test pilot who has been outspoken about UFO reality. They had two daughters. They later divorced, and Popovich married Alevtina Oshegova.
Popovich was also a keen weight lifter:
"Service in the Air Force made us strong, both physically and morally. All of us cosmonauts took up sports and PT seriously when we served in the Air Force. I know that Yuri Gagarin was fond of ice hockey. He liked to play goal keeper. Gherman Titov was a gymnastics enthusiast, Andriyan Nikolayev liked skiing, Pavel Popovich went in for weight lifting. I don't think I am wrong when I say that sports became a fixture in the life of the cosmonauts."
He was also a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 6th–11th convocations.
After his retirement in 1993, he lived in Moscow.
Popovich died in a hospital in Gurzuf where he had been taken following a stroke on 29 September 2009. Brain hemorrhage was cited as the cause of death. He is buried in Moscow.
Film Credits
1997 Strange But True (in person), 2002 Out of the Blue (in person), 1990 Yaoi Jun'ichi UFO shuzai tokuhô dai 3 dan (in person)
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PAVEL POPOVICH 4x6¾ color postcard signed by the early Russian cosmonaut Photograph signed: "Popovich" in Russian. Color, 4x6¾ overall, image 4x6 (one surface). Caption (on verso) in Russian. read more...Sale Price $272.00
$320.00
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PAVEL POPOVICH Black and white photograph (4¾x7) of the cosmonaut in dress uniform Photograph signed: "Popovich" in Russian. B/w, 4¾x7 overall, image 4¼x6¼ (one surface). read more...Sale Price $238.00
$280.00
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PAVEL POPOVICH Black and white photograph (3¼x4½) of the cosmonaut wearing a space suit Photograph signed: "Popovich" in Russian. B/w, 3¼x4½. read more...Sale Price $440.00
$550.00
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PAVEL POPOVICH The Russian astronaut signs this first day cover honoring the Apollo-Soyuz's successful return Commemorative Envelope signed: "Popovich" in Russian, 6½x3½. Commemorative envelope honoring the Apollo-Soyuz's return to Earth. Cover bears the 10¢ Apollo-Soyuz stamp. read more...Sale Price $119.00
$140.00
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PAVEL POPOVICH 5¾x8¼ color photograph of the Soviet cosmonaut captioned in Russian Printed Photograph signed in Ink: "Pavel Popovich/ 27.08.90" in Russian. Color, 5¾x8¼. read more...Sale Price $238.00
$280.00
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VOSTOK COSMONAUTS: YURI GAGARIN, GHERMAN S. TITOV and PAVYEL POPOVICH The three cosmonauts sign this 4½x3½ black and white photo Photograph signed: "Gagarin" "Titov" and "Popovich" in Russian. read more...Sale Price $2,240.00
$2,800.00
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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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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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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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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 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 $1,500.00
$2,000.00
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COSMONAUT PIONEERS Seven cosmonauts, including three of "the firsts" in space, pen their names on this commemorative cover Commemorative Cover signed: "Titov/12.4.76", "A. Leonov", "Popovich", "Bykovski", "V. Tereshkova", "B. read more...Sale Price $480.00
$600.00
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COSMONAUTS: PAVEL POPOVICH, VITALI ZHOLOBOV, ANATOLI FILIPCHENKO and PYOTR KLIMUK The four Soviet space pioneers sign this commemorative envelope honoring the 20th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik Commemorative Envelope signed: read more...Sale Price $391.00
$460.00
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COSMONAUTS The four cosmonauts honor the first flight of the space age Commemorative Envelope signed: "Popovich", " read more...Sale Price $323.00
$380.00
