A few things to add: Rust was somewhat unstable psychologically, and later was sentenced to 30 months in jail because he had stabbed a young nurse in the GDR h

A few things to add: Rust was somewhat unstable psychologically, and later was sentenced to 30 months in jail because he had stabbed a young nurse in the GDR hospital he worked in after she refused to kiss him. Later he became a professional poker player. The plane is now in the Deutsche Technikmuseum in Berlin. The stunt also helped Gorbachev in reigning in the military: he sent Minister of Defence Sergei Sokolov and the head of the Soviet Air Defence Forces Alexander Koldunov "into well-earned early retirement by their own request" and got rid of some 300 generals opposing his reforms.