CREW 19/20 . ... SIXTEENTH RUSSIAN VISITING CREW . ISS-19 IMAGE . ... BACKUP CREW . ... Colonel of RF Air Force, . ... Test Cosmonaut, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia . ... In July 1997, on a decision of the State Interagency Commission, he was recommended for enrolment in the air force cosmonaut corps of the Cosmonaut Training Center. ... In August 2007 he was preliminarily assigned to the backup crew of Expedition 20 to the ISS (ISS-20, up to July 2008 it was designated as ISS-19V). ...