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Artur Chilingarov

1939 - 2024

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Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov (Russian: Артур Николаевич Чилингаров; 25 September 1939 – 1 June 2024) was an Armenian-Russian polar explorer, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1986 and the title of Hero of the Russian Federation in 2008. He was the president of State Polar Academy. Chilingarov was a member of the United Russia party; he was a member of the State Duma from 1993 to 2011, and again from 2016 until his death in 2024 and was the representative of Tula Oblast in the Federation Council between 2011 and 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artur Chilingarov is the 399th most popular explorer (up from 443rd in 2019), the 1,750th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,085th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Artur Chilingarov ranks 399 out of 498. Before him are Yakov Sannikov, Lourenço de Almeida, Lachlan Macquarie, Alexander Fersman, García López de Cárdenas, and Álvaro Fernandes. After him are Frederick William Beechey, George Nares, Richard Maack, Étienne Brûlé, Johannes Rebmann, and Edward Belcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Artur Chilingarov ranks 389. Before him are Lido Vieri, Velimir Sombolac, Cláudio Coutinho, Nancy Kwan, John Negroponte, and Julius Chan. After him are Murray Rose, Bernd Cullmann, Vladimir Ivashov, Sandro Lopopolo, Eri Klas, and Hugo Villanueva. Among people deceased in 2024, Artur Chilingarov ranks 345. Before him are Terry Griffiths, Ray Reardon, John Bruton, Takayuki Kubota, Karin Baal, and E. Allen Emerson. After him are Tommy Banks, Shyam Benegal, Ștefan Birtalan, Andrew Davis, Liang Guanglie, and Earl Holliman.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Artur Chilingarov ranks 1,750 out of 3,761. Before him are Leonid Filatov (1946), Anatoly Kvashnin (1946), Yuri Vizbor (1934), Igor Severyanin (1887), Evgeni Plushenko (1982), and Nikolai Kamanin (1908). After him are Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900), Maxim Kontsevich (1964), Lyudmila Karachkina (1948), David Keilin (1887), Viacheslav Ragozin (1908), and Lila Tretikov (1978).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Artur Chilingarov ranks 27. Before him are Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Anjou (1796), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), Yakov Sannikov (1780), and Alexander Fersman (1883). After him are Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Mikhail Somov (1908), Vassili Poyarkov (null), Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), Georgy Ushakov (1901), and Valerian Albanov (1881).

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