ASTRONAUT

Georgy Shonin

1935 - 1997

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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін; 3 August 1935 – 7 April 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. Shonin was born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta in the Ukrainian SSR. His family hid a Jewish family from the Nazis during WWII.: 66  In February 1957, Shonin graduated Naval Aviation School as was awarded his lieutenant's wings. He was then posted to the 935th Fighter Regiment of the Baltic Fleet which was the naval element of the Soviet Air Force.: 66  In 1958, he was transferred to the 768th Fighter Regiment of the Northern Fleet based in the Murmansk region. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgy Shonin has received more than 28,862 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Georgy Shonin is the 129th most popular astronaut (down from 120th in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 512th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgy Shonin ranks 129 out of 556. Before him are Shannon Lucid, Boris Yegorov, Toyohiro Akiyama, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Vitaly Zholobov, and Anatoly Solovyev. After him are Oleg Kononenko, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi Strekalov, Vance D. Brand, Sunita Williams, and Gennady Sarafanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Georgy Shonin ranks 246. Before him are Jorge Griffa, Laurent Terzieff, Rafer Johnson, Pedro Manfredini, Eulogio Martínez, and Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. After him are Omero Antonutti, Walter De Maria, Henry Gibson, David Ruelle, Peter Bichsel, and Don Bragg. Among people deceased in 1997, Georgy Shonin ranks 169. Before him are Sanford Meisner, René Huyghe, Georges Guétary, James A. Michener, Brian Connolly, and Bengt Danielsson. After him are Robert Pinget, John Akii-Bua, Myrtle Bachelder, Tony Williams, Afonsinho, and William Hickey.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georgy Shonin ranks 578 out of 1,365. Before him are Roman Karmen (1906), Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949), Weegee (1899), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Rolan Bykov (1929), and Nikki Benz (1981). After him are Wojciech Pszoniak (1942), Hersch Lauterpacht (1897), Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904), Matvei Bronstein (1906), Borys Romanchenko (1926), and Yaroslav Yevdokimov (1946).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Georgy Shonin ranks 13. Before him are Leonid Kizim (1941), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (1948), Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), Leonid Kadeniuk (1951), Anatoly Levchenko (1941), and Vitaly Zholobov (1937). After him are Yuri Gidzenko (1962), Anatoly Artsebarsky (1956), Yuri Malenchenko (1961), Vladimir Vasyutin (1952), and Yury Onufriyenko (1961).

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