PILOT

Polina Osipenko

1907 - 1939

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Polina Denisovna Osipenko (Russian: Полина Денисовна Осипенко, Ukrainian: Поліна Денисівна Осипенко, romanized: Polina Denysivna Osypenko; 8 October 1907 – 11 May 1939) was a Soviet military pilot who, with Valentina Grizodubova and Marina Raskova on 24–25 September 1938, performed a nonstop flight between Moscow and the Sea of Okhotsk, setting a new women's nonstop flight distance record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polina Osipenko has received more than 60,719 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Polina Osipenko is the 34th most popular pilot (up from 36th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 487th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Polina Osipenko ranks 34 out of 71Before her are Leyla Mammadbeyova, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Charles Nungesser, Sarla Thakral, Olga Sanfirova, and Pyotr Nesterov. After her are Vladimir Kokkinaki, Jean Mermoz, Helmut Wick, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Bessie Coleman, and Touria Chaoui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Polina Osipenko ranks 190Before her are Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Paul Magloire, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Edwige Feuillère, Fritz Szepan, and Germaine Tillion. After her are Volmari Iso-Hollo, Jack Albertson, Günter Eich, Peggy Ashcroft, Martti Miettunen, and Kenneth Nichols. Among people deceased in 1939, Polina Osipenko ranks 99Before her are Pavel Postyshev, Alice Brady, Henri Le Sidaner, August Enna, Kálmán Darányi, and Anna Coleman Ladd. After her are Alexander Kanoldt, Germán Busch, Henry, Duke of Parma, Wojciech Korfanty, Otto Siffling, and Walery Sławek.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Polina Osipenko ranks 544 out of 1,365Before her are Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), Dmitri Ivanenko (1904), Oleksiy Danilov (1962), Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895), Yakov Malik (1906), and Inessa Kravets (1966). After her are David Bergelson (1884), Jan Koum (1976), Ivan Martinov (1771), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Alexander Bogomazov (1880), and Kazimierz Górski (1921).

Among PILOTS In Ukraine

Among pilots born in Ukraine, Polina Osipenko ranks 4Before her are Ivan Kozhedub (1920), Janina Lewandowska (1908), and Igor Volk (1937). After her are Natalya Meklin (1922).