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Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev (February 12 1933 – August 8 1992) was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reasons. Senior Lieutenant Anikeyev age 27 was selected as one of the original 20 cosmonauts on March 7 1960 along with Yuri Gagarin. On March 27 1963 Anikeyev Grigori Nelyubov and Valentin Filatyev were arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct by the militia at Chkalovskiy station.