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ASTRONAUT

Valeri Polyakov

1942 - 2022

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Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, Russian: Валерий Иванович Коршунов, 27 April 1942 – 7 September 2022) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut. He is the record holder for the longest single stay in space, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months (437 days 18 hours) during one trip. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valeri Polyakov has received more than 880,656 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Valeri Polyakov is the 21st most popular astronaut (up from 29th in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Russia (up from 495th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Valeri Polyakov ranks 21 out of 524. Before him are Jim Lovell, Svetlana Savitskaya, Harrison Schmitt, Sigmund Jähn, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Sergei Krikalev. After him are Pavel Popovich, Gus Grissom, James Irwin, Edgar Mitchell, Ed White, and Valery Bykovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Valeri Polyakov ranks 104. Before him are Mike Newell, Maria Kaczyńska, Robert H. Grubbs, John McLaughlin, Karen Grassle, and Bob Ross. After him are Jacques Dubochet, Britt Ekland, Hannu Mikkola, Gottfried John, Amine Gemayel, and Michael York. Among people deceased in 2022, Valeri Polyakov ranks 74. Before him are Christos Sartzetakis, Robert Curl, Eric Walter Elst, Antonio Inoki, Bob Saget, and Issey Miyake. After him are Margarita Lozano, Shintaro Ishihara, Angelo Badalamenti, Luis Echeverría, Sidney Altman, and Leonid Kuravlyov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valeri Polyakov ranks 430 out of 3,262. Before him are Prince Albert of Prussia (1809), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Lauri Törni (1919), Ramzan Kadyrov (1976), and Sergei Krikalev (1958). After him are Yury Luzhkov (1936), Edith Södergran (1892), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Valery Gergiev (1953), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), and Igor Ivanov (1945).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Valeri Polyakov ranks 9. Before him are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), and Sergei Krikalev (1958). After him are Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), and Aleksei Gubarev (1931).

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