Dzhezkazgan (Kazak: Zhezqazghan), is a city in central Kazakstan, on a reservoir of the Kara-Kengir River. The city was created in 1938 in connection with the exploitation of the rich local copper deposits. In 1973 a large mining and metallurgical complex was constructed to the southeast to smelt the copper that until then had been sent elsewhere for processing. The city has a rail link with Karaganda. Its urban area includes the neighbouring mining town of Satpayev. Pop. (1995 est.) 108,700.
He holds an extensive and impressive range of awards, including Hero of the Soviet Union (twice), the Order of Lenin (three times), the Polish Order of Krest Grunwald, a Tsiolkovski Gold Medal, a Gagarin Gold Medal, and a Gold Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences.
He was made an honorary citizen of the cities of Kaluga, Gagarin, and Dzhezkasgan.
He is the author of two books on human spaceflight: Beside the Stars, and Attack on Weightlessness.
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