Vocabulary:

metallogeny – металлогеническоe направлениe

to be sparked – быть воодушевленным кем-то

to be named after – названным в честь

to commemorate – увековечить

Alexander vinokourov

Alexander Vinokourov (born 1973) is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer. Ethnically Russian, he has shown to excel in many aspects of the sport. He is often known to many as simply "Vino". Vinokourov was banned for a year for blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France and so retired. In September 2008 he said he would return to cycling in 2009. In August 2009, Vinokourov began riding at the professional level again, rejoining the Astana team. He took victory in the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and in the 13th stage to Ravel in the 2010 Tour de France. Vinokourov broke his leg in the 2011 Tour de France, and initially announced his retirement from the sport, but later he went back on that decision and remains.

Vocabulary:

to excel – превосходить

to be banned – быть дисквалифицированным

retirement from the sport – уход из спорта

to go back on – отказаться от своего обещания

Talgat musabayev (1)

Talgat Musabayev (born 1951) is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station Mir. His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito. He retired as a cosmonaut in November 2003. Since 2007 he has been head of Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazCosmos.

Musabayev graduated from Engineering Institute of Civil Aviation in Riga in 1974. Then in 1983 he graduated from Higher Military Aviation School in Akhtubinsk, with an engineering diploma. Musabayev received several awards as an aerobatic flyer and was selected as a cosmonaut on May 11, 1990.

His first spaceflight was as a crew member of the long-duration mission Mir which was launched and landed by the spacecraft Soyuz TM-19. A total duration – 125 days. His second spaceflight was as Commander of another long-duration expedition which lasted 207 days.

His third mission was notable for carrying the first ever paying space tourist Dennis Tito.

As of 2007^[update], he was among the top 30 cosmonauts having been in space.

He retired from being a cosmonaut in November 2003. He became а deputy head of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and was appointed to Major General in September 2003. From 2005 to 2007 he was General Director of "Bayterek" Corp. which was a Kazakhstani-Russian Joint Venture. In April 2007, Musabayev was appointed Head of the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, also known as KazCosmos.

He is married and has two children.