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Igor Volk

1937 - 2017

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Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк, Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a Russian test pilot and former Soviet cosmonaut in the Buran programme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Volk is the 21st most popular pilot (up from 27th in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 361st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Igor Volk ranks 21 out of 71. Before him are Marina Raskova, Valery Chkalov, Mathias Rust, Joseph Kittinger, Amy Johnson, and René Fonck. After him are Sarla Thakral, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, Vladimir Ilyushin, Amet-khan Sultan, Claire Lee Chennault, and Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Igor Volk ranks 155. Before him are John Kennedy Toole, Félix Miélli Venerando, Eduard Streltsov, Lluís Martínez Sistach, Sami Frey, and Jovan Divjak. After him are Suzanne Pleshette, Alberto Spencer, Trini Lopez, John Hume, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, and Waylon Jennings. Among people deceased in 2017, Igor Volk ranks 148. Before him are Robert Miles, Todor Veselinović, Mark Fisher, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, Viktor Gorbatko, and Thomas J. Hudner Jr.. After him are Ulf Stark, Jiro Taniguchi, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Shadia, Heinz Kessler, and Frank Vincent.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Igor Volk ranks 346 out of 1,365. Before him are Evgeny Lifshitz (1915), Pavel Rybalko (1894), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918), Aharon Appelfeld (1932), and Géza Kalocsay (1913). After him are Mikołaj Rej (1505), Leonid Popov (1945), Stanisław Maczek (1892), Anna Bilińska (1854), Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875), and Fedor Emelianenko (1976).

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Among PILOTS In Ukraine

Among pilots born in Ukraine, Igor Volk ranks 2. Before him are Ivan Kozhedub (1920). After him are Janina Lewandowska (1908), Polina Osipenko (1907), and Natalya Meklin (1922).

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