Soviet Bloc Cosmonauts
From 1978-1988, the Soviet Union, transported 11 citizens of 10 nations closely allied to the USSR in the Soyuz manned vehicle. All of them flew as a result of the Intercosmos program. These space travelers have usually been referred to as "cosmonauts".
- Afghanistan: Abdul Ahad Mohmand — Soyuz TM-6/5
- Bulgaria:
- Aleksandar Panayotov Aleksandrov — Soyuz TM-5/4
- Georgi Ivanov — Soyuz 33
- Cuba: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez — Soyuz 38
- Czechoslovakia: Vladimír Remek — Soyuz 28
- East Germany: Sigmund Jähn — Soyuz 31/29
- Hungary: Bertalan Farkas — Soyuz 36/35
- Mongolia: Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa — Soyuz 39
- Poland: Mirosław Hermaszewski — Soyuz 30
- Romania: Dumitru Prunariu — Soyuz 40
- Vietnam: Pham Tuân — Soyuz 37/36
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