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** Soviet Space Program Cosmonauts: Valentina Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikoloyev Signed 1963 Personal Wedding Invitation Sent to General Nikolai Kamanin and Originally from Kamanin's Personal Collection **
A 5.25" x 8" folded Invitation with "3.11 1963" printed on front in gold. The inside left gives the information of time and place: November 3, 1963 at 7 p.m. at Cosmonaut's Town (colloquial term for Star City). At inside right, the name is typed and both have signed:
Dear Comrade
KAMANIN Nikolai Petrovich
We kindly ask you and your wife
to attend our wedding.
[signed] Andriyan Nikolaev
[signed] Valentina Tereshkova
This was a national event. Kamanin's wife, Maria Michealovna, was the organizer of the event. Nikita Khrushchev was in attendance. Included is a modern 11" x 8.5" glossy color photo of the two standing at the altar.
This is an extraordinarily significant historical artifact, an official wedding invitation from the first woman in space (Tereshkova, Vostok 6, June 1963) and her fellow cosmonaut husband (the second human to orbit the Earth), signed by both, and addressed to one of the most influential figures in the Soviet space program.
** Soviet Space Program Cosmonauts: Valentina Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikoloyev Signed 1963 Personal Wedding Invitation Sent to General Nikolai Kamanin and Originally from Kamanin's Personal Collection **
A 5.25" x 8" folded Invitation with "3.11 1963" printed on front in gold. The inside left gives the information of time and place: November 3, 1963 at 7 p.m. at Cosmonaut's Town (colloquial term for Star City). At inside right, the name is typed and both have signed:
Dear Comrade
KAMANIN Nikolai Petrovich
We kindly ask you and your wife
to attend our wedding.
[signed] Andriyan Nikolaev
[signed] Valentina Tereshkova
This was a national event. Kamanin's wife, Maria Michealovna, was the organizer of the event. Nikita Khrushchev was in attendance. Included is a modern 11" x 8.5" glossy color photo of the two standing at the altar.
This is an extraordinarily significant historical artifact, an official wedding invitation from the first woman in space (Tereshkova, Vostok 6, June 1963) and her fellow cosmonaut husband (the second human to orbit the Earth), signed by both, and addressed to one of the most influential figures in the Soviet space program.