Exhibition "The first cosmonaut - Khabarovsk (to the 45th anniversary of PB Dubrov).

January 27, 2023 in Khabarovsk Krai Museum named after N.I. Grodekov opened an exhibition devoted to the first cosmonaut - Khabarovsk citizen P.V. Dubrov.

Test cosmonaut, 125th cosmonaut of Russia (USSR) Petr Valeryevich Dubrov was born on January 30, 1978 in Khabarovsk. Studied at Secondary School No. 13 and the Khabarovsk Information Technology Lyceum. In 1999 he graduated from Khabarovsk State Technical University with a degree in Computer Software and Automated Systems; qualification - software engineer.

Since October 26, 2012. - Candidate test cosmonaut of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, since July 15, 2014. - test cosmonaut of the cosmonaut team of Roscosmos.

On April 9, 2021 he arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Yuri Gagarin spacecraft (Soyuz MS-18) as flight engineer No.1. P.V. Dubrov with other crew members went into open space four times to perform preventive maintenance work, as well as to install equipment on the outer surface of the Russian segment of the ISS. 

After the arrival on October 5, 2021 to the ISS of the film crew on the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, P.V. Dubrov together with other Russian cosmonauts took part in the filming of the movie "The Challenge".

On March 30, 2022 he returned to Earth and stayed onboard the station for 355 days, setting a record for the duration of one ISS mission among Russian cosmonauts. P.V. Dubrov is the first and so far the only resident of Khabarovsk to have been in space.

In November - December 2022 P.V. Dubrov was in his native city Khabarovsk and donated to Khabarovsk Regional Museum named after N.I. Grodekov a collection of space-themed items, most of which had been with him on the ISS. Among the items donated were parts of a launch vehicle, a spacesuit, medical equipment, the cosmonaut's clothes, as well as souvenirs and photographs belonging to P.V. Dubrov.

The exhibition will run until April 16, 2023.