[2] Soyuz 36 carried Valery Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian cosmonaut, into space.

Soyuz 36 was launched on 26 May 1980 with Valery Kubasov and Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas, headed to the Salyut 6 space station where Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin, launched aboard Soyuz 35, were resident.

[3] The flight was originally scheduled for 5 June 1979, but was cancelled due to the Soyuz 33 failure.

[4] One experiment was Pille, which measured radiation doses received by the crew with miniature thermoluminescent devices attached to their clothing and to the walls of the station.

[3] Earth resources work using the on-board cameras were carried out, in coordination with ground crews, airplanes and helicopters.