ASTRONAUT

Svetlana Savitskaya

1948 - Today

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Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Svetlana Savitskaya has received more than 531,111 page views. Her biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Svetlana Savitskaya is the 14th most popular astronaut (up from 16th in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 379th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Svetlana Savitskaya is most famous for being the first woman to go to space. She was a Russian cosmonaut and spent three days in space.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Svetlana Savitskaya ranks 14 out of 556. Before her are Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, Alan Shepard, and Dennis Tito. After her are Valeri Polyakov, Andriyan Nikolayev, David Scott, Harrison Schmitt, James Irwin, and Frank Borman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Svetlana Savitskaya ranks 62. Before her are Pim Fortuyn, Rudolf Schenker, Rory Gallagher, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Bille August, and Claude Jade. After her are Lluís Llach, Jerzy Kukuczka, William Gibson, Edmund Kemper, Edwige Fenech, and Chris de Burgh.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Svetlana Savitskaya ranks 333 out of 3,761. Before her are Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Michael Chekhov (1891), Yury of Moscow (1281), Michel Fokine (1880), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), and Simeon of Moscow (1316). After her are Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Vasily Blokhin (1895), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), and Lev Gumilyov (1912).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Svetlana Savitskaya ranks 6. Before her are Yuri Gagarin (1934), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), and Gherman Titov (1935). After her are Valeri Polyakov (1942), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Yury Romanenko (1944).

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