ASTRONAUT

Georgy Dobrovolsky

1928 - 1971

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Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Георгий Тимофеевич Добровольский; 1 June 1928 – 30 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1, but died of asphyxiation because of an accidentally opened valve. They were the first and only humans to have died in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Dobrovolsky is the 46th most popular astronaut (down from 31st in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 196th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky ranks 46 out of 556. Before him are Gus Grissom, Ilan Ramon, James Irwin, Henry Hartsfield, Roger B. Chaffee, and Shannon Lucid. After him are Alan Bean, Valeri Polyakov, Sergei Krikalev, Charles Duke, Don L. Lind, and Valeri Kubasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Georgy Dobrovolsky ranks 116. Before him are Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vladimir Beara, Sara Montiel, Elliott Erwitt, Paul Elvstrøm, and Adam West. After him are Gene Sharp, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Friedrich Wetter, Federico Bahamontes, Fumihiko Maki, and Gordie Howe. Among people deceased in 1971, Georgy Dobrovolsky ranks 45. Before him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Pier Angeli, W. O. Bentley, Gregorio Pietro Agagianian, Paul Lévy, and Mathilde Kschessinska. After him are Diane Arbus, Raoul Hausmann, Van Heflin, Heinz Lammerding, Richard Russell Jr., and Helene Weigel.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georgy Dobrovolsky ranks 211 out of 1,365. Before him are Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836), Alexandru Averescu (1859), Israel Gelfand (1913), Alexander Rutskoy (1947), Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906), and Ewelina Hańska (1805). After him are Cyril Genik (1857), Natalia Sedova (1882), Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918), Vladimir Dal (1801), Josyf Slipyj (1892), and Bion of Borysthenes (-325).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Georgy Dobrovolsky ranks 2. Before him are Pavel Popovich (1930). After him are Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941), Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Leonid Popov (1945), Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), Valentin Bondarenko (1937), Leonid Kizim (1941), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (1948), Georgy Shonin (1935), Vitaly Zholobov (1937), and Leonid Kadeniuk (1951).

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