Vitaly Zholobov Виталий Жолобов Віталій Жолобов | |
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![]() Boris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov on a 1976 Soviet stamp | |
Governor of Kherson Oblast | |
In office 11 July 1995 – 7 June 1996 | |
Succeeded by | Yurii Karasyk |
Chairman of the Kherson Oblast Council | |
In office 7 July 1994 – 27 June 1996 | |
Preceded by | Mykhailo Kushnerenko |
Succeeded by | Valerii Tretyakov |
Born | |
Status | Retired |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Occupation | Engineer |
Space career | |
Cosmonaut | |
Rank | Colonel, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 49d 06h 23m |
Selection | Air Force Group 2 |
Missions | Soyuz 21 |
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov (Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов; Ukrainian: Віталій Михайлович Жолобов; born 18 June 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer, and a former head of Kherson Regional Council in Ukraine.