Editing Anatoly Solovyev (section)

== Education ==

Solovyev studied at Riga Secondary School No. 33. After completing secondary school in Riga at age 16, he was a general labourer at a building materials factory, and then a metalworker. He completed two years of evening school and in 1967, enrolled at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the [[University of Latvia|State University of Latvia]]. After completing the first year, Anatoly left training to prepare for aviation school while working as a locksmith at the Latvian Joint Aviation Unit. In 1968 Solovyov began his training at the Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvnet.lv/5458287/riga-viesosies-kosmonauts-anatolijs-solovjovs|title = Rīgā viesosies kosmonauts Anatolijs Solovjovs|date = 7 March 2011}}</ref>