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Nikolai Kamanin

1908 - 1982

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Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Кама́нин; 18 October 1908 – 11 March 1982) was a Soviet Air Force general and a program manager in the Soviet space program. A career aviator, he awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1934 for the rescue of SS Chelyuskin crew from an improvised airfield on the frozen surface of the Chukchi Sea near Kolyuchin Island. In World War II he successfully commanded an air brigade, air division, and air corps, reaching the rank of Airforce Colonel General and Air Army commander after the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Kamanin has received more than 78,317 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nikolai Kamanin is the 46th most popular pilot (down from 38th in 2019), the 1,509th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,291st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Nikolai Kamanin ranks 46 out of 48. Before him are Jean Mermoz, Gotthard Handrick, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Anna Yegorova, Steponas Darius, and Natalya Meklin. After him are Sarla Thakral, Lotfia Elnadi, Jacqueline Cochran, Stasys Girėnas, Maryse Bastié, and Wally Funk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Nikolai Kamanin ranks 237. Before him are Eddie Tolan, Concha Piquer, Birgit Cullberg, Eugen Suchoň, Karl Hohmann, and Władysław Raginis. After him are Erik Lundqvist, Milton Berle, Tommaso Landolfi, Jack Gilford, Arturo de Córdova, and Ludwig Goldbrunner. Among people deceased in 1982, Nikolai Kamanin ranks 163. Before him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Sonny Stitt, Karl Hein, Vladislao Cap, Marie Rambert, and Jean Batten. After him are Stanisław Ostrowski, Allen Woodring, Raisa Aronova, Beb Bakhuys, Tomás Romero Pereira, and Robert Havemann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Kamanin ranks 1,509 out of 3,262. Before him are Sophia Parnok (1885), Lyubov Kozyreva (1929), Yevgeny Polivanov (1891), Igor Severyanin (1887), Raisa Smetanina (1952), and Igor Sechin (1960). After him are Mark Zakharov (1933), Waldemar Rosenberger (1848), Nikolay Burdenko (1876), Ivan Polzunov (1728), Aleksei Losev (1893), and Vladimir Yermoshin (1942).

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Among PILOTS In Russia

Among pilots born in Russia, Nikolai Kamanin ranks 10. Before him are Pyotr Nesterov (1887), Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Olga Sanfirova (1917), Mariya Dolina (1922), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), and Anna Yegorova (1916). After him are Viktor Talalikhin (1918).

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