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Savitskaya

British  
/ sæˈvɪtskaɪə /

noun

  1. Svetlana (svɛtˈlɑːnə). born 1949, Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to walk in space (1984). She was elected to the former Soviet parliament (1989)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Anastasia Savitskaya was from a city in southwestern Russia.

From Washington Times Jul. 13, 2022

Savitskaya met her husband while they were in the Russian army.

From Washington Times Jul. 13, 2022

Svetlana Savitskaya was the second female cosmonaut in 1982.

From Salon Oct. 2, 2021

The giant leap for womankind took place almost 35 years after Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk.

From The Guardian Dec. 28, 2019

It was 1982, and research cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya was taking an eight-day journey into space along with two male cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz T-7.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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