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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

> goes against the DRY principles ;)

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

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

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.

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