Awards
- In 1985, Zaitsev received the USSR State Prize in Science.
- In 1989, he received the Koroliov Medal of the Soviet Space Federation.
- In 1995, the International Astronomical Union named the asteroid 1976 GH2 as 6075 Zajtsev
- In 1997, he received the Tsiolkovsky Medal of the Russian Space Federation.
- In 2003, Zaitsev received Ukrainian jubilee medal '2500th Anniversary of Evpatoria',
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