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ASTRONAUT

Valery Bykovsky

1934 - 2019

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Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Фёдорович Быко́вский; 2 August 1934 – 27 March 2019) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Bykovsky has received more than 153,708 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Valery Bykovsky is the 27th most popular astronaut, the 467th most popular biography from Russia (down from 460th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Valery Bykovsky ranks 27 out of 524Before him are Valeri Polyakov, Pavel Popovich, Gus Grissom, James Irwin, Edgar Mitchell, and Ed White. After him are Ilan Ramon, Michael P. Anderson, Bruce McCandless II, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Roger B. Chaffee, and Alan Bean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Valery Bykovsky ranks 82Before him are Renata Scotto, Carlo Rubbia, Albert Speer, Per Olov Enquist, Miguel de la Madrid, and Yasuo Takamori. After him are Armi Kuusela, Édith Cresson, Clive Granger, George Chakiris, Kenny Baker, and Marty Feldman. Among people deceased in 2019, Valery Bykovsky ranks 70Before him are Luke Perry, Yury Luzhkov, Danny Aiello, Roger Etchegaray, Paul Greengard, and Fernando de la Rúa. After him are Vladimir Bukovsky, Stanley Donen, Jessye Norman, Godfried Danneels, Tomi Ungerer, and John Robert Schrieffer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Bykovsky ranks 467 out of 3,262Before him are Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Vera Zasulich (1849), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), and Marina Raskova (1912). After him are Alexei Navalny (1976), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), and Catharina of Württemberg (1783).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Valery Bykovsky ranks 10Before him are Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Sergei Krikalev (1958), and Valeri Polyakov (1942). After him are Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), and Viktor Savinykh (1940).