ASTRONAUT

Georgy Grechko

1931 - 2017

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Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station.Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4, Soyuz 26 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 6, and Soyuz T-14 visited Salyut 7. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgy Grechko has received more than 58,998 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Grechko is the 105th most popular astronaut (down from 78th in 2019), the 1,181st most popular biography from Russia (down from 960th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Georgy Grechko has had the most page views in the with 46,857 views, followed by English (5,106), and Chinese (2,076). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (133.99%), Egyptian Arabic (97.56%), and Malagasy (73.64%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgy Grechko ranks 105 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, Deke Slayton, Dirk Frimout, Scott Carpenter, Pyotr Klimuk, and Vladimir Lyakhov. After him are Lev Dyomin, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Yury Glazkov, Bertalan Farkas, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, and Talgat Musabayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Georgy Grechko ranks 235. Before him are Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Janosch, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Tab Hunter, Ryuzo Hiraki, and Michel Deville. After him are David Cooper, Duško Gojković, Allen Klein, Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, and Charlie Logg. Among people deceased in 2017, Georgy Grechko ranks 212. Before him are Octavio Lepage, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Allan Holdsworth, Gilbert Baker, Mike Connors, and Imre Földi. After him are Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Haruo Nakajima, Carlo Caffarra, Henning Jensen, and Kurt Moll.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Georgy Grechko ranks 1,181 out of 3,761. Before him are Nadia Petrova (1982), Valentin Varennikov (1923), Andrei Linde (1948), Vladimir Makovsky (1846), Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov (1851), and Eino Rahja (1885). After him are Eugen Leviné (1883), Lev Dyomin (1926), Issa Pliyev (1903), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Yevhen Rudakov (1942), and Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (1196).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Georgy Grechko ranks 30. Before him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1943), Yevgeny Khrunov (1933), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), and Valery Ryumin (1939). After him are Lev Dyomin (1926), Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932), Yury Glazkov (1939), Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (1947), Gennady Padalka (1958), and Vladimir Aksyonov (1935).

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