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ASTRONAUT

Georgy Shonin

1935 - 1997

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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін; 3 August 1935 – 7 April 1997; born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta of Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. Shonin's 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 26,329 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Georgy Shonin is the 120th most popular astronaut (up from 127th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 484th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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  • 26k

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  • 49.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgy Shonin ranks 120 out of 524. Before him are William R. Pogue, Aleksandr Serebrov, Yury Glazkov, Musa Manarov, Vladimir Solovyov, and Franklin Chang Díaz. After him are Anatoly Solovyev, Anatoly Filipchenko, Lev Dyomin, Valentin Lebedev, Valery Rozhdestvensky, and Aleksei Yeliseyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Georgy Shonin ranks 234. Before him are Yury Solomin, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Eiko Kadono, Enzo Jannacci, Simon Leys, and Peter Bichsel. After him are Aulis Sallinen, Paul Goma, Fortunato Baldelli, Velasio de Paolis, Johnny Pacheco, and Ervin Zádor. Among people deceased in 1997, Georgy Shonin ranks 153. Before him are Seni Pramoj, Salvador Artigas, Josef Pieper, Léon Poliakov, Bengt Danielsson, and Charles Hallahan. After him are Cahit Arf, Natallia Arsiennieva, James Krüss, Robert Pinget, William Hickey, and Juan Burgueño.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georgy Shonin ranks 515 out of 1,083. Before him are Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (1963), Ross Martin (1920), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Franz Roubaud (1856), and Vladimir Smirnov (1954). After him are Abraham Goldfaden (1840), Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), Aleksandar Malinov (1867), Semyon Ignatyev (1904), Yevgeny Petrov (1902), and Mykola Avilov (1948).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Georgy Shonin ranks 11. Before him are Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Leonid Popov (1945), Leonid Kizim (1941), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (1948), Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), and Leonid Kadeniuk (1951). After him are Vitaly Zholobov (1937), Anatoly Levchenko (1941), Yuri Malenchenko (1961), Yuri Gidzenko (1962), Anatoly Artsebarsky (1956), and Yury Onufriyenko (1961).

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