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'''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' (&#1042;&#1072;&#1083;&#1077;&#1085;&#1090;&#1080;&#769;&#1085;&#1072; &#1042;&#1083;&#1072;&#1076;&#1080;&#1084;&#1080;&#1088;&#1086;&#1074;&#1085;&#1072; &#1058;&#1077;&#1088;&#1077;&#769;&#1096;&#1082;&#1086;&#769;&#1074;&#1072;) (vah-layn-TEE-nah tih-RESHresh-kahKOH-vah) (born [[March 6]], [[1937]]) was a [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] who flew on [[Vostok 6]] in [[1963]] to become the very first woman in [[space]].

She was born in Maslennikovo, a small village in the [[Yaroslavl]] region. After school she worked in a tire factory, and then studied engineering. She also trained [[parachuting]] in the local Aeroclub. In [[1962]] she was selected to join the female cosmonaut corps. Out of more than four hundred applicants, five were selected: Tatiana Kuznetsova, Irina Solov'yova, Zhanna Yerkina, Valentina Ponomareva, and Tereshkova.