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Oleg Atkov

1949 - Today

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Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov (Russian: Оле́г Ю́рьевич Атько́в; born 9 May 1949) is a Russian cardiologist and former Soviet cosmonaut. With a doctorate from the Russian Academy of Medical Science, Atkov was chosen to be the health specialist on board Soyuz T-10 and Soyuz T-11. After Atkov's rather long time in space, he returned to work at the Myasnikov Institute of Clinical Cardiology to continue his research on the adaptation of weightlessness and cardiology. With his published research and time in space, Atkov holds two of the USSR's highest honors; the Order of Lenin and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oleg Atkov is the 196th most popular astronaut (down from 184th in 2019), the 1,738th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,870th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Oleg Atkov ranks 196 out of 556. Before him are William Shepherd, Aleksandr Kaleri, Rick Husband, C. Gordon Fullerton, Paul Lockhart, and Michael López-Alegría. After him are Yuri Malenchenko, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Patrick Baudry, Oleg Kononenko, Yury Malyshev, and Elliot See.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Oleg Atkov ranks 431. Before him are Irena Degutienė, Tatyana Anisimova, Kurt Beck, Carlos Babington, Rick Springfield, and Charles Fefferman. After him are Philippe Djian, Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Valeriu Muravschi, Mart Helme, Zé Maria, and Helmut Kremers.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Oleg Atkov ranks 1,738 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Burdenko (1876), Alexander Veselovsky (1838), Anatoli Maslyonkin (1930), Boris Grigoriev (1886), Vitaly Bianki (1894), and Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868). After him are Gennady Khazanov (1945), Abdul-Halim Sadulayev (1966), Boris Shilkov (1927), Alexander Belov (1951), Nikolai Semashko (1874), and Leonid Filatov (1946).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Oleg Atkov ranks 50. Before him are Valentin Lebedev (1942), Boris Morukov (1950), Valentina Ponomaryova (1933), Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (1947), Viktor Savinykh (1940), and Vladimir Solovyov (1946). After him are Yury Malyshev (1941), Gennady Sarafanov (1942), Valery Korzun (1953), Yelena Kondakova (1957), Sergei Avdeyev (1956), and Yuri Baturin (1949).

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