re: Andrian Nikolayev Confirmed dead
Andrian Nikolayev.
Yes, you're right. I'm afraid I lost track of the right spelling of his name. Sorry for that.
His Soyuz 9 (I don't remember Vostok 3 having only read about it) flight was quite an achievement. Almost 18 days...It was the first flight during which no information was issued on the radio news bulletins for quite some time (because it was so long)!
Afterwards, he and Sevastianov had some difficulty re-adjusting to 1G!
Raoul