Oleg Gazenko
Oleg Gazenko | |
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| Native name | Олег Георгиевич Газенко |
| Born | 12 December 1918 Nikolaevka village, North Caucasian Soviet Republic, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 17 November 2007 (age 88) Moscow, Russia |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service years | 1941–1988 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-general |
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Oleg Georgievich Gazenko (Russian: Олег Георгиевич Газенко; 12 December 1918 – 17 November 2007) was a Russian military officer in the former Soviet Air Force and a program manager in the Soviet space program.
He headed the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow and was leading a Soviet mission to train animals in space. Gazenko selected and trained Laika, the dog who flew on the 1957 Sputnik 2 mission.