Major General Pavel Popovich Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH
Born: October 05, 1930 in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast, United Kingdomrainian SSR, USSR
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.
Film Credits
1997-Strange-But-True (in person), 2002-Out-of-the-Blue (in person), 1990-Yaoi-Jun'ichi-UFO-shuzai-tokuho-dai-3-dan (in person)
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MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 83095Postcard signed by Pavel Popovich, early Russian cosmonaut, with his signature in Russian as "Popovich". The postcard includes a caption in Russian on the verso and relates to his participation in the Vostok 4 flight.Price: $320.00
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MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 86814Photograph of cosmonaut Pavel Popovich in dress uniform, signed "Popovich" in Russian. Popovich participated in the historic Vostok 4 mission, orbiting Earth 48 times. He later flew on Soyuz 14, docking with the Salyut 3 space station.
Price: $280.00
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MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 264356Photograph of cosmonaut Pavel Popovich wearing a space suit, signed with "Popovich" in Russian. Popovich participated in the Vostok 4 flight, orbiting the Earth 48 times in 1962, and later completed a mission with Soyuz 14 in 1974.
Sale Price $450.00
$550.00
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MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 224302Commemorative envelope signed by Pavel Popovich in Russian as "Popovich", honoring the Apollo-Soyuz's return to Earth. Postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on July 21, 1975, it includes a 10¢ Apollo-Soyuz stamp and features a cachet stating "Apollo-Soyuz/ Soyuz Returns to Earth".
Sale Price $115.00
$140.00
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MAJOR GENERAL PAVEL POPOVICH - PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 167649Photograph of Soviet cosmonaut Pavel Popovich signed in ink with the inscription "Pavel Popovich/ 27.08.90" in Russian. Popovich flew on the Vostok 4 mission in 1962 and later participated in Soyuz 14 in 1974.
Price: $280.00
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COLONEL YURI GAGARIN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 253422Photograph showing cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin, Gherman S. Titov, and Pavyel Popovich laughing, signed in Russian. This rare signed group photograph likely dates to 1962, shortly after Popovich's flight, highlighting early space exploration.
Sale Price $1,350.00
$1,600.00
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COLONEL YURI GAGARIN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 264357Photograph depicting space pioneers Yuri Gagarin, Pavel Popovich, and Andrian Nikolayev is signed by each in Russian beneath their images. Also included is Gherman S. Titov, who did not sign.
Sale Price $1,150.00
$1,350.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ANATOLIY V. FILIPCHENKO - COMMEMORATIVE COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 258733Commemorative envelope signed by Popovich, V. Zholobov, A. Filipchenko, and Pyotr Klimuk in Russian, honoring the 20th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik with a postmark from October 4, 1977.
Sale Price $385.00
$460.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ANATOLIY V. FILIPCHENKO - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 258960Commemorative envelope signed by cosmonauts Popovich, V. Zholobov, Klimuk, and Filipchenko, honoring the 20th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik I. Pictorially postmarked on October 4, 1977.
Sale Price $315.00
$380.00
