Salyut-7 Doctor-cosmonaut Oleg Atkov signed vintage Intercosmos patch

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From Salyut-7 flight archives of Soviet Doctor-Cosmonaut Oleg Atkov signed by him International Spaceflights vintage patch.
Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov
is a Russian cardiologist and former Soviet cosmonaut.
in 1984 performed flight aboard Salyut-7/Soyuz T complex. As the cardiologist, Atkov brought with him his own invention-a portable ultrasound cardiograph, which he would use to oversee the crew's health throughout their time in space.
The initiative for this team was to continue a major medical task that would advance the study of the acute stage of adaptation to weightlessness, phenomenology
and mechanisms of changes in hemodynamics,
metabolism, and other functions. At the end of the Soyuz T-10
expedition, Atkov had estimated a total of 87 days spent on flight dedicated to medical work.
With a doctorate from the Russian Academy of Medical Science, Atkov was chosen to be the health specialist on board Soyuz T-10
and Soyuz T-11.
After Atkov's rather long time in space, he returned to work at the Myasnikov Institute of Clinical Cardiology to continue his research on the adaptation of weightlessness and cardiology. With his published research and time in space, Atkov holds two of the USSR's highest honors; the Order of Lenin
and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Atkov is a professor of medicine at the Russian National Research Medical University.