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Pavel Belyayev

1925 - 1970

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Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; 26 June 1925 – 10 January 1970) was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk. He had been a fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft, and was the first commander of the cosmonaut corps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Belyayev is the 78th most popular astronaut (down from 56th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from Russia (up from 797th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Pavel Belyayev ranks 78 out of 556. Before him are Toktar Aubakirov, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Ken Mattingly, Viktor Gorbatko, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., and Muhammed Faris. After him are Anatoly Berezovoy, Susan Helms, Dick Scobee, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Vladimir Shatalov, and Vladimir Aksyonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Pavel Belyayev ranks 158. Before him are Krishna Sobti, Etel Adnan, Jørgen Ingmann, Giovanni Spadolini, Rabah Bitat, and Serge Moscovici. After him are Bob Hastings, Serge Dassault, Paul Wild, Donald O'Connor, Yuval Ne'eman, and Louison Bobet. Among people deceased in 1970, Pavel Belyayev ranks 98. Before him are Nikolay Shvernik, George Szell, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, John Barbirolli, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, and Amadeo Bordiga. After him are Maud Lewis, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Lucien Goldmann, Folco Lulli, Billie Burke, and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Belyayev ranks 795 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Boris Podolsky (1896), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Maria Bochkareva (1889), Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (1849), and Olga Rozanova (1886). After him are Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Princess Olga Paley (1865), Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), Kuzma Minin (1616), and Andrey Kurbsky (1528).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Pavel Belyayev ranks 14. Before him are Valery Bykovsky (1934), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Vladislav Volkov (1935), and Viktor Gorbatko (1934). After him are Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Yury Romanenko (1944), and Yuri Artyukhin (1930).

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