Vladimir Yazdovsky Vladimir Yazdovsky Vladimir Yazdovsky (1913–1999) was a Soviet space program medical scientist. Yazdovsky was a veteran surgeon and army doctor who joined the Institute for Aviation and Medeicine in Moscow in 1948.There, in the early 1950s, Yazdovsky assisted Sergei Korolev in tests using small animals in sub-orbital spaceflight. His team of researchers helped gather strays from Moscow and helped design various safety measures such as space suits and life-support systems. In 1957 he prepared the dog Laika, the first animal to orbit, the Earth for Sputnik 2. In 1960 Yazdovsky prepared the dogs Belka and Strelka for Korabl-Sputnik 2, the
The Man from the USSR and Other Plays on September 28, 1996, at the Berlin Schaubühne, and was followed by 20 performances in October. It was performed in German, translated by German playwright Botho Strauß. 'The Man from the USSR' was first produced in Berlin in 1926, and the first act was published in "Rul"' on January 1 the following year. 'The Event' was written in Paris in 1938, and was published in "Russkie kapiskie" ("Russian Annuls"). The plot follows a painter in tsarist Russia and his wife as they await a convict who has threatened them with violence. 'The Granddad' is a one-act verse play, which was