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June 15, 1960	Proposal from D. Ustinov et al to the CPSU CC on Cosmonaut Training Center Proposal to the Central Committee from industrial leaders and the scientific community on creating a cosmonaut training center and establishing regulations on the professional activities of cosmonauts.
May 22, 1959	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers on Vostok Decree of the Central Committee and Council of Ministers officially titled “On the Object Vostok,” approving the development of the Vostok reconnaissance satellite.
January 5, 1959	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers on Biomedical Research Central Committee and Council of Ministers Decree titled “On Strengthening Scientific-Research Work in the Field of Biomedical Support to Spaceflight” that transformed the Institute of Aviation Medicine to the Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine.
December 2, 1958	Letter, M. Khrunichev et al to the CPSU CC Proposal submitted to the Central Committee (CC) by a number of industry leaders, scientists, and military officials proposing to strengthen biomedical research to support a future human spaceflight.
June 26, 1958	Letter, A. Bakulev et al. to Comrade N.S. Khrushchev Proposal from biomedicine specialists addressed to Nikita Khrushchev to create a new scientific-research institution dedicated solely to study the biomedical aspects of space exploration. The authors ask that a unit from the Air Force’s existing Institute of Aviation Medicine be detached and made into a new institute for space medicine.
September 26, 1957	Decree of the CPSU Central Committee Presidium, 'On the Launch of an Artificial Satellite of the Earth' Presidium (Politburo) decree approving launch of satellite
September 24, 1957	Note of V. M. Riabikov, K. N. Rudnev, and Others to the CPSU Central Committee About the Work to Launch Artificial Earth Satellites On preparations to launch first Soviet satellite
July 4, 1956	Note of Academician I. P. Bardin to N. S. Khrushchev about the Position of Soviet Representatives at a Conference of the Special Committee for the International Geophysical Year What Soviet scientists could reveal about Soviet plans when traveling abroad
January 30, 1956	USSR Council of Ministers Decree, 'On the Creation of ‘Object D' Council of Ministers decree officially approving the launch of a satellite during the International Geophysical Year
August 5, 1955	Note of M. V. Khrunichev, V. M. Riabikov, and S. P. Korolev to N. S. Khrushchev and N. A. Bulganin On Work to Create an Artificial Earth Satellite Requesting permission to launch a satellite during the International Geophysical Year