ASTRONAUT

Boris Volynov

1934 - Today

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Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Russian: Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts. He is also considered to be the first Jew in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Volynov is the 138th most popular astronaut (down from 83rd in 2019), the 1,258th most popular biography from Russia (down from 979th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Boris Volynov ranks 138 out of 556. Before him are Boris Yegorov, Musa Manarov, Alfred Worden, Peggy Whitson, Christina Koch, and Franklin Chang Díaz. After him are Vance D. Brand, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Rusty Schweickart, Georgy Grechko, and Rakesh Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Boris Volynov ranks 259. Before him are Elżbieta Krzesińska, Ludvig Faddeev, Phạm Minh Mẫn, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Lew Hoad, and Sven-Bertil Taube. After him are Francisco J. Ayala, Tengiz Sigua, Harald Grønningen, Gergely Kulcsár, Pierre Barouh, and Hot Rod Hundley.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Volynov ranks 1,258 out of 3,761. Before him are Natalya Kovshova (1920), Anatoly Marchenko (1938), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Victor Pelevin (1962), Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), and Semyon Chelyuskin (1700). After him are Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Kaj Franck (1911), Vladimir Petlyakov (1891), Dmitry Karbyshev (1880), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), and Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Boris Volynov ranks 33. Before him are Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932), Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1940), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Valery Ryumin (1939), and Boris Yegorov (1937). After him are Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), Georgy Grechko (1931), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), Gennadi Strekalov (1940), Pavel Vinogradov (1953), and Lev Dyomin (1926).

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