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ASTRONAUT

Vladimir Komarov

1927 - 1967

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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Комаро́в, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof]; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz 1, its first crewed test flight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Komarov has received more than 4,094,171 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 60 in 2019). Vladimir Komarov is the 7th most popular astronaut, the 100th most popular biography from Russia (up from 116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Astronaut.

Vladimir Komarov was a Soviet cosmonaut who was killed during the mission Soyuz 1.

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  • 59

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Vladimir Komarov ranks 7 out of 524. Before him are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Valentina Tereshkova, Buzz Aldrin, and Gene Cernan. After him are Pete Conrad, Alexei Leonov, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Dennis Tito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vladimir Komarov ranks 12. Before him are Gina Lollobrigida, Günter Grass, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Sidney Poitier, Samuel P. Huntington, and Peter Falk. After him are Lawrence Kohlberg, Turgut Özal, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kim Young-sam, and László Kubala. Among people deceased in 1967, Vladimir Komarov ranks 9. Before him are Konrad Adenauer, Puyi, Vivien Leigh, Ilse Koch, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Spencer Tracy. After him are Clement Attlee, Edward Hopper, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Jack Ruby, Felix Yusupov, and André Maurois.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Komarov ranks 100 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Alexander Kerensky (1881), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857), and Mikhail Lomonosov (1711). After him are Nikolai Yezhov (1895), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), Sergey Kirov (1886), and Otto Wallach (1847).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Vladimir Komarov ranks 3. Before him are Yuri Gagarin (1934) and Valentina Tereshkova (1937). After him are Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), and Valeri Kubasov (1935).

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