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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 143,907 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Boris Volynov is the 71st most popular astronaut (up from 77th in 2019), the 941st most popular biography from Russia (down from 928th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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  • 52.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Boris Volynov ranks 71 out of 524Before him are Aleksei Gubarev, Viktor Savinykh, Charles Duke, Joseph A. Walker, Georgy Beregovoy, and Rakesh Sharma. After him are William Anders, Gregory Jarvis, Yevgeny Khrunov, Shannon Lucid, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Yury Romanenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Boris Volynov ranks 171Before him are Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Dida, Harlan Ellison, Henri Konan Bédié, George Hilton, and Robert D. Hare. After him are Dave Grusin, Fou Ts'ong, Eddie Fenech Adami, Eva Mozes Kor, Lau Kar-leung, and Federico Mayor Zaragoza.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Volynov ranks 941 out of 3,262Before him are Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Irina Shayk (1986), Nikolai Luzin (1883), Emil Wiechert (1861), Pavel Pestel (1793), and Boris Shakhlin (1932). After him are Nikolai Korotkov (1874), Lazar Berman (1930), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Olga Baclanova (1893), Alexander Kotov (1913), and Lidiya Skoblikova (1939).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Boris Volynov ranks 17Before him are Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), and Viktor Savinykh (1940). After him are Yevgeny Khrunov (1933), Konstantin Feoktistov (1926), Yury Romanenko (1944), Georgy Grechko (1931), Yuri Artyukhin (1930), and Anatoly Berezovoy (1942).