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Vitaly Abalakov

1906 - 1986

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Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: Вита́лий Миха́йлович Абала́ков) (13 January [O.S. 31 December] 1906 – 26 May 1986) was a Soviet chemical engineer, mountaineer and inventor. Brother of Yevgeniy Abalakov, another famous alpinist, he made the first Soviet ascent of Lenin Peak in 1934 and two more ascents of this mountain. In 1936 he also made the ascent of Khan Tengri, where he lost several fingers and part of his foot.In 1938, he and others from his team were arrested by NKVD and were under investigation until 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vitaly Abalakov has received more than 61,887 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Vitaly Abalakov is the 132nd most popular engineer (up from 168th in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from Russia (up from 899th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 132 out of 323Before her are Yevgeny Dragunov, Pierre Berthier, Aurel Vlaicu, Gustave Whitehead, Carlo Abarth, and Alexander Lippisch. After her are Herman Potočnik, Johan August Brinell, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eduard Totleben, J. Walter Christie, and Alexey Sudayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 125Before her are Jean Dieudonné, Mary Astor, Princess Anne of Orléans, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Anton Karas, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık. After her are Franz Waxman, Tuvia Bielski, Jacques Pills, Yasuo Haruyama, Lilian Harvey, and Enrico Mattei. Among people deceased in 1986, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 95Before her are Henri Toivonen, Mart Stam, Ding Ling, Michael J. Smith, Elsa Lanchester, and Princess Anne of Orléans. After her are Helen B. Taussig, Valentin Kataev, Judith Resnik, Scatman Crothers, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, and Phil Lynott.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 788 out of 3,262Before her are Alexander Godunov (1949), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Alisa Freindlich (1934), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), Mikhail Speransky (1772), and Alexander Shelepin (1918). After her are Anatoli Boukreev (1958), Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia (1850), Nikolai Amosov (1913), Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870), Pavel Rotmistrov (1901), and Maria Bochkareva (1889).

Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 18Before her are Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Mikhail Mil (1909), Fedor Tokarev (1871), Alexander Lodygin (1847), and Yevgeny Dragunov (1920). After her are Alexey Sudayev (1912), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Mikhail Yangel (1911), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), and Vladimir Petlyakov (1891).