Oleg Kotov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oleg Kotov

Russian cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1965

Place of Birth: Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Russia

Profession: astronaut, physician

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov (Russian: ???? ?????????? ?????) was born on October 27, 1965, in Simferopol, Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR.
After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps.
He has flown two long duration spaceflights on the International Space Station logging just short of a year in space.
Most recently, Kotov flew on the Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38 long duration spaceflight, from September 2013 until March 2014.