Taygib Omarovich Tolboyev (russian: Тайги́б Ома́рович Толбо́ев; 8 August 1955 – 20 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian test pilot. Tolboyev was born on 8 August 1955 in the village of

Sogratl Sogratl (russian: Согратль; av, СугъралӀ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Sogratlinsky Selsoviet, Gunibsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 2,360 as of 2010. There are 4 stre ...

Gunibsky District Gunibsky District (russian: Гуни́бский райо́н; av, Гъуниб мухъ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Daghestan, Russia. It is located in the center o ...

, then part of the

Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic av, Дагъистаналъул Автономияб Советияб Социалистияб Жумгьурият az, Дағыстан Мухтар Совет Сосиалист Республи ...

, in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He was the younger brother of

Magomed Tolboyev Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev (russian: Магомед Омарович Толбоев; born 20 January 1951) is a former high-profile Soviet Union, Soviet-era test pilot who initially came to public attention as a test pilot for the Buran space shu ...

, who also became a test pilot, and a

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...

. Tolboyev joined the

Soviet Armed Forces The Soviet Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and as the Red Army (, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991), and th ...

in 1974, serving in the

Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...

. On 9 May 2007 he was awarded the title of

for courage and heroism shown during the testing of new models of aviation technology. He had received the title of on 10 October 2002, the Order of Military Merit on 10 September 2006, and the title of Hero of Dagestan in 2006. In retirement he served as a deputy of the

People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia The People's Khural of the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Народный хурал Республики Бурятия, Narodny khural Respubliki Buryatiya; bua, Буряад Уласай Арадай Хурал, Buryaad Ulasay Araday Khura ...

, for

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

, between 2007 and 2013. Tolboyev died in

on 20 May 2021, aged 65.

References

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