ASTRONAUT

Boris Volynov

1934 - Today

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Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Volynov has received more than 151,960 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Boris Volynov is the 83rd most popular astronaut (down from 71st in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from Russia (down from 939th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Astronaut.

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  • 150k

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  • 53.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Boris Volynov ranks 83 out of 556. Before him are Georgi Ivanov, Leonid Popov, Rakesh Sharma, Judith Resnik, Rusty Schweickart, and Viktor Afanasyev. After him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, James McDivitt, Yevgeny Khrunov, William Anders, Anatoly Filipchenko, and Donn F. Eisele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Boris Volynov ranks 173. Before him are Rue McClanahan, George Hilton, Bill Cobbs, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Bernard Chiarelli, and Frankie Valli. After him are Anna Maria Ferrero, Harlan Ellison, Marc Rich, Pierre Barouh, Lau Kar-leung, and Eddie Fenech Adami.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Volynov ranks 979 out of 3,761. Before him are Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Viktoria Brezhneva (1907), Pavel Grachev (1948), Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (1849), Olga Rozanova (1886), and Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1869). After him are Princess Olga Paley (1865), Dmitry Peskov (1967), Valentin Rasputin (1937), Vadim Bakatin (1937), Vladimir Smirnov (1887), and Nikolay Raevsky (1771).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Boris Volynov ranks 23. Before him are Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Yuri Artyukhin (1930), Konstantin Feoktistov (1926), and Viktor Afanasyev (1948). After him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1943), Yevgeny Khrunov (1933), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), and Valery Ryumin (1939).

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