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Valery Chkalov

1904 - 1938

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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Павлович Чкалов; IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf]; 2 February [O.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Chkalov has received more than 217,566 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Valery Chkalov is the 18th most popular pilot (down from 17th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Russia (down from 590th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Pilot.

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  • 220k

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  • 56.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Valery Chkalov ranks 18 out of 71. Before him are Hermann Graf, Chesley Sullenberger, Chuck Yeager, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Marina Raskova, and Joseph Kittinger. After him are René Fonck, Mathias Rust, Claire Lee Chennault, Janina Lewandowska, Vladimir Ilyushin, and Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Valery Chkalov ranks 87. Before him are Edmond Hamilton, Heinz Jost, Lyudmila Rudenko, George Stevens, María Zambrano, and Yevgenia Ginzburg. After him are Hans Hartung, Oskar R. Lange, Edmund Veesenmayer, Anna Mahler, Emilio Fernández, and José Antonio Aguirre. Among people deceased in 1938, Valery Chkalov ranks 70. Before him are William McDougall, Fayzulla Khodzhayev, Cao Kun, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Jukums Vācietis, and Reginald Johnston. After him are John Bates Clark, Pavel Dybenko, Otto von Lossow, Emile Vandervelde, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, and Leopold Godowsky.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Chkalov ranks 646 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Nesterov (1862), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Sergei Ivanov (1953), Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Ivan Maisky (1884), and Lilya Brik (1891). After him are Pavel Dybenko (1889), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Taihō Kōki (1940), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), and Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (1301).

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Among PILOTS In Russia

Among pilots born in Russia, Valery Chkalov ranks 2. Before him are Marina Raskova (1912). After him are Vladimir Ilyushin (1927), Olga Sanfirova (1917), Pyotr Nesterov (1887), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Nikolai Kamanin (1908), Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Nikolai Gastello (1907), Mariya Dolina (1922), Anna Yegorova (1916), and Tatyana Makarova (1920).

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