[muditmudit]

A very small nitpick: "cosmonaut" implies a Russian astronaut [1].

Calling someone a "Russian cosmonaut" goes against the DRY principles ;)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut#Cosmonaut

[bhickey]

Well actually... There have been non-Russian Soviet bloc cosmonauts.

For example —

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miros%C5%82aw_Hermaszewski

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Klimuk

[falcor84]

> goes against the DRY principles ;)

Nitpicking, "DRY" is a principle, so you probably meant to say "goes against DRY ;)"

[Nux]

In Romanian and other languages "cosmonaut" and "astronaut" can be used interchangeably.

[Detrytus]

Same in Polish. Actually, in my childhood, some of which was still under communism, "cosmonaut" was in use, "astronaut" came in the 90s, with Hollywood movies.

[Rebelgecko]

IMO it's marginally useful to specify that he isn't Soviet or from another former Soviet country that uses the term