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Georgy Grechko

1931 - 2017

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Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. Soyuz 17 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 4, Soyuz 26 was the first crewed vehicle to visit Salyut 6, and Soyuz T-14 visited Salyut 7. During the latter mission, Grechko helped to relieve the crew of Soyuz T-13, who had repaired damage to the station. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Grechko is the 143rd most popular astronaut (down from 105th in 2019), the 1,281st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgy Grechko ranks 143 out of 556. Before him are Franklin Chang Díaz, Boris Volynov, Vance D. Brand, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Tatyana Kuznetsova, and Rusty Schweickart. After him are Rakesh Sharma, Joseph A. Walker, Joe Engle, Aleksei Yeliseyev, Mae Jemison, and Charles E. Brady Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Georgy Grechko ranks 268. Before him are Vance D. Brand, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Tab Hunter, Yoji Yamada, William Goldman, and Rogelio Domínguez. After him are Ram Dass, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Alex Soler-Roig, Bridget Riley, and Lowell Weicker. Among people deceased in 2017, Georgy Grechko ranks 255. Before him are Shashi Kapoor, Jan Tříska, Torgny Lindgren, Betty Cuthbert, Brunhilde Pomsel, and Armando Calderón Sol. After him are Daphne Caruana Galizia, Attilio Nicora, Angry Grandpa, Ed Lee, Lennart Nilsson, and Ludmila Belousova.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Georgy Grechko ranks 1,281 out of 3,761. Before him are Evald Ilyenkov (1924), Boris Delaunay (1890), Aleksandr Demyanenko (1937), Yuli Daniel (1925), Ivan Pyryev (1901), and Fritz Schaudinn (1871). After him are Igor Rodionov (1936), Jacob Theodor Klein (1685), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1962), Viktor Grishin (1914), Vladimir Basov (1923), and Constantin Fahlberg (1850).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Georgy Grechko ranks 35. Before him are Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Valery Ryumin (1939), Boris Yegorov (1937), Boris Volynov (1934), and Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941). After him are Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), Gennadi Strekalov (1940), Pavel Vinogradov (1953), Lev Dyomin (1926), Valeri Tokarev (1952), and Yury Glazkov (1939).

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