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Igor Volk

1937 - 2017

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Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк, Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a Russian test pilot and former Soviet cosmonaut in the Buran programme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Volk has received more than 80,082 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Volk is the 27th most popular pilot (down from 25th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 318th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Pilot.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Igor Volk ranks 27 out of 48. Before him are Claire Lee Chennault, Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Ilyushin, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Charles Nungesser. After him are Bessie Coleman, Amy Johnson, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Helmut Wick, Pyotr Nesterov, and Maguba Syrtlanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Igor Volk ranks 182. Before him are Andrés Gimeno, Sami Frey, Don Bluth, Lois Lowry, Marcian Hoff, and Richard Bright. After him are André Glucksmann, Chris Bristow, Sofiko Chiaureli, Gordon Milne, Nur Hassan Hussein, and Keiko Abe. Among people deceased in 2017, Igor Volk ranks 171. Before him are Gastone Moschin, Charles Bachman, Sonny Landham, Vito Acconci, Veljo Tormis, and Christine Keeler. After him are Albert Zafy, Georgy Grechko, Laura Biagiotti, Gilberto Agustoni, Stephen Paddock, and Baldwin Lonsdale.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Igor Volk ranks 359 out of 1,083. Before him are Polina Astakhova (1936), Nikolai Yaroshenko (1846), Ihor Kolomoyskyi (1963), Leonid Bartenyev (1933), Alexander Mosolov (1900), and Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908). After him are Alfred J. Lotka (1880), Mikhail Artsybashev (1878), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Joseph Schmidt (1904), Karol Mikuli (1821), and Olga Kurylenko (1979).

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Among PILOTS In Ukraine

Among pilots born in Ukraine, Igor Volk ranks 2. Before him are Ivan Kozhedub (1920). After him are Janina Lewandowska (1908), Polina Osipenko (1907), and Natalya Meklin (1922).

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