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ASTRONAUT

Andriyan Nikolayev

1929 - 2004

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Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andriyan Nikolayev has received more than 230,093 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Andriyan Nikolayev is the 19th most popular astronaut, the 395th most popular biography from Russia (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Andriyan Nikolayev is most famous for being the first human to orbit the Earth in space.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Andriyan Nikolayev ranks 19 out of 524Before him are Dennis Tito, David Scott, Jim Lovell, Svetlana Savitskaya, Harrison Schmitt, and Sigmund Jähn. After him are Sergei Krikalev, Valeri Polyakov, Pavel Popovich, Gus Grissom, James Irwin, and Edgar Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Andriyan Nikolayev ranks 84Before him are Vera Miles, Chadli Bendjedid, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gordon Moore, Hebe Camargo, and Ed Asner. After him are Michael Atiyah, Christos Sartzetakis, Imelda Marcos, Omar Torrijos, Bob Newhart, and Gerald Edelman. Among people deceased in 2004, Andriyan Nikolayev ranks 39Before him are Gérard Debreu, John Vane, Thomas Klestil, Robert Merle, Matthäus Hetzenauer, and Julius Axelrod. After him are Edward B. Lewis, Theo van Gogh, Arthur Hailey, Norberto Bobbio, John Pople, and Herbert C. Brown.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andriyan Nikolayev ranks 395 out of 3,262Before him are Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Mengu-Timur (1235), Andrei Bely (1880), and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819). After him are Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Valery Leontiev (1949), and Roza Shanina (1924).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Andriyan Nikolayev ranks 7Before him are Yuri Gagarin (1934), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), and Svetlana Savitskaya (1948). After him are Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Pavel Belyayev (1925).