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Sergei Krikalev

1958 - Today

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Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer, former cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks fourth to Gennady Padalka, Oleg Kononenko and Yuri Malenchenko for the most time spent in space: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes. Krikalev was stranded on board the Mir during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Krikalev has received more than 1,278,005 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sergei Krikalev is the 20th most popular astronaut (up from 49th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Russia (up from 665th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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  • 7.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sergei Krikalev ranks 20 out of 524. Before him are David Scott, Jim Lovell, Svetlana Savitskaya, Harrison Schmitt, Sigmund Jähn, and Andriyan Nikolayev. After him are Valeri Polyakov, Pavel Popovich, Gus Grissom, James Irwin, Edgar Mitchell, and Ed White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Sergei Krikalev ranks 38. Before him are Chris Columbus, Annette Bening, Andre Geim, Andie MacDowell, Hugo Sánchez, and Lambert Wilson. After him are Boris Tadić, Alar Karis, Robert Patrick, Tzipi Livni, Angela Bassett, and Giancarlo Esposito.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Krikalev ranks 429 out of 3,262. Before him are Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903), Prince Albert of Prussia (1809), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Lauri Törni (1919), and Ramzan Kadyrov (1976). After him are Valeri Polyakov (1942), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Edith Södergran (1892), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Valery Gergiev (1953), and Yuriy Sedykh (1955).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Sergei Krikalev ranks 8. Before him are Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), and Andriyan Nikolayev (1929). After him are Valeri Polyakov (1942), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Pavel Belyayev (1925), and Viktor Gorbatko (1934).

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