ASTRONAUT

Gennadi Strekalov

1940 - 2004

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Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; 26 October 1940 – 25 December 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut 6, Salyut 7, and Mir space stations, spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only four people to use a launch escape system. He was decorated twice as Hero of the Soviet Union and received the Ashoka Chakra from India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gennadi Strekalov is the 152nd most popular astronaut (down from 132nd in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,430th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Gennadi Strekalov ranks 152 out of 556. Before him are Joe Engle, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Mae Jemison, Charles E. Brady Jr., Dumitru Prunariu, and Georgi Ivanov. After him are Vitaly Zholobov, Pavel Vinogradov, Karen Nyberg, Lev Dyomin, Mike Massimino, and Michael Foreman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Gennadi Strekalov ranks 285. Before him are Margit Carstensen, Luis María Echeberría, Georgi Ivanov, Mark White, Manuel Ojeda, and Billy Hart. After him are Barry Corbin, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Li Zhaoxing, Jia Qinglin, and Mike Beuttler. Among people deceased in 2004, Gennadi Strekalov ranks 170. Before him are Ljubiša Spajić, Rick James, Howard Keel, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carlo Rustichelli, and Chiang Fang-liang. After him are Ryszard Kukliński, Torsten Hägerstrand, Christer Pettersson, Albert Brülls, John Randolph, and Evelyn Mase.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gennadi Strekalov ranks 1,366 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergei Yursky (1935), Alexander Khalifman (1966), Ernst Neizvestny (1925), Ivan Larionov (1830), Alexander Rodimtsev (1905), and Zara Dolukhanova (1918). After him are Konstantin Fedin (1892), Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1786), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936), Valentina Tolkunova (1946), Aleksandra Chudina (1923), and Fyodor Dan (1871).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Gennadi Strekalov ranks 37. Before him are Valery Ryumin (1939), Boris Yegorov (1937), Boris Volynov (1934), Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), Georgy Grechko (1931), and Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934). After him are Pavel Vinogradov (1953), Lev Dyomin (1926), Valeri Tokarev (1952), Yury Glazkov (1939), Vitaly Sevastyanov (1935), and Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (1933).

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