ASTRONAUT

Georgy Shonin

1935 - 1997

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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin (Ukrainian: Гео́ргій Степа́нович Шо́нін; 3 August 1935 – 7 April 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. Shonin was born in Rovenky, Luhansk Oblast, (now Ukraine) but grew up in Balta in the Ukrainian SSR. His family hid a Jewish family from the Nazis during WWII.: 66  In February 1957, Shonin graduated Naval Aviation School as was awarded his lieutenant's wings. He was then posted to the 935th Fighter Regiment of the Baltic Fleet which was the naval element of the Soviet Air Force.: 66  In 1958, he was transferred to the 768th Fighter Regiment of the Northern Fleet based in the Murmansk region. During this time, he would befriend another young flying officer named Yuri Gagarin.: 67  Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Shonin is the 124th most popular astronaut (up from 129th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 578th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Georgy Shonin ranks 124 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, Susan Kilrain, Ulf Merbold, Bertalan Farkas, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, and Mary Ellen Weber. After him are Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Dirk Frimout, Talgat Musabayev, Valery Rozhdestvensky, James McDivitt, and Aleksandr Serebrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Georgy Shonin ranks 214. Before him are Herb Alpert, Martti Talvela, Józef Szmidt, José Sanfilippo, Ronald Graham, and Dieter Hallervorden. After him are Judith Reisman, Gerhard Mitter, Sandra Harding, Jean Tiberi, Mohammed Basindawa, and Yury Vlasov. Among people deceased in 1997, Georgy Shonin ranks 143. Before him are René Huyghe, William J. Brennan Jr., Hans Bauer, Lam Ching-ying, Paul Carell, and Giorgio Strehler. After him are Witness Lee, Salvador Artigas, Adil Çarçani, John Akii-Bua, Afonsinho, and Heikki Savolainen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georgy Shonin ranks 487 out of 1,365. Before him are Ivan Puluj (1845), Kazimierz Bartel (1882), Borys Romanchenko (1926), Franz Roubaud (1856), Kateryna Bilokur (1900), and Maksym Rylsky (1895). After him are Olena Pchilka (1849), Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705), Hilarion of Kiev (990), Ignacy Daszyński (1866), Mischa Elman (1891), and Boris Kalamanos (1113).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Georgy Shonin ranks 10. Before him are Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Leonid Popov (1945), Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), Valentin Bondarenko (1937), Leonid Kizim (1941), and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (1948). After him are Vitaly Zholobov (1937), Leonid Kadeniuk (1951), Anatoly Levchenko (1941), Anatoly Artsebarsky (1956), Yuri Malenchenko (1961), and Yuri Gidzenko (1962).

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