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Anatoli Boukreev

1958 - 1997

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Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Букре́ев; January 16, 1958 – December 25, 1997) was a Kazakh mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks—those above 8,000 m (26,247 ft)—without supplemental oxygen. From 1989 through 1997, he made 18 successful ascents of peaks above 8,000 m. Boukreev had a reputation as an elite mountaineer in international climbing circles for summiting K2 in 1993 and Mount Everest via the North Ridge route in 1995, and for his solo speed ascents of some of the world's highest mountains. He became even more widely known for saving the lives of climbers during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anatoli Boukreev is the 28th most popular mountaineer (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,009th most popular biography from Russia (down from 935th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Anatoli Boukreev ranks 28 out of 56. Before him are Fanny Bullock Workman, Alain Robert, Lionel Terray, Ang Rita, Albert F. Mummery, and Krzysztof Wielicki. After him are Peter Habeler, Erhard Loretan, Jon Krakauer, Ardito Desio, Vittorio Sella, and Riccardo Cassin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Anatoli Boukreev ranks 123. Before him are Sergey Sobyanin, Andy Gibb, Miranda Richardson, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Samira Said, and Steve Guttenberg. After him are Nancy Spungen, Natalya Estemirova, Didier Reynders, Yoshito Usui, Hiroshi Yoshida, and Kevin Sorbo. Among people deceased in 1997, Anatoli Boukreev ranks 125. Before him are Josef Posipal, Seni Pramoj, Harold Robbins, Andrew Cunanan, Andrei Sinyavsky, and Luigi Villoresi. After him are Stanley Schachter, Joan Coromines, Saw Maung, Robert Serber, Dick van Dijk, and Georges Marchais.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Anatoli Boukreev ranks 1,009 out of 3,761. Before him are Yekaterina Furtseva (1910), Alexander Tcherepnin (1899), Leah Goldberg (1911), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Zinaida Greceanîi (1956), and Alexander Zinoviev (1922). After him are Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (1907), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Nikolai Zverev (1832), Nadezhda Chizhova (1945), Theophan the Recluse (1815), and Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia (1850).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Russia

Among mountaineers born in Russia, Anatoli Boukreev ranks 1. After him are Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907), and Denis Urubko (1973).

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