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Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova (born 18 September 1933) is a former Soviet Cosmonaut Pilot scientific.Left the school for girls №156 in Moscow with a gold medal 1951. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute 1957 and Zhukovsky-Academy Monino 1967.In December 1961 the selection of female cosmonauts was authorised by the Soviet Government with the specific intention of ensuring the first woman in space was a Soviet citizen.