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Pyotr Klimuk

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Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Belarusian: Пётр Ільіч Клімук; Russian: Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born 10 July 1942) is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform space travel. Klimuk made three flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pyotr Klimuk is the 117th most popular astronaut (down from 103rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Belarus (up from 99th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Pyotr Klimuk ranks 117 out of 556. Before him are Gregory Jarvis, Deke Slayton, Steve MacLean, Wubbo Ockels, Phạm Tuân, and Nikolay Rukavishnikov. After him are Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, Susan Kilrain, Ulf Merbold, Bertalan Farkas, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, and Mary Ellen Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Pyotr Klimuk ranks 278. Before him are Radu Vasile, David Stern, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Günter Wallraff, B. J. Thomas, and Clarence Clemons. After him are Reinhard Mey, Eumir Deodato, Ama Ata Aidoo, Rupert Sheldrake, Natalia Gutman, and David J. Griffiths.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Pyotr Klimuk ranks 93 out of 368. Before him are Ales Adamovich (1927), Benedykt Dybowski (1833), Nahum Goldmann (1895), Ivan Fyodorov (1510), Maksim Bahdanovič (1891), and Zivia Lubetkin (1914). After him are Itzhak Katzenelson (1886), Myechyslaw Hryb (1938), Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982), Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789), Anatoly Chubais (1955), and Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski (1845).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Belarus

Among astronauts born in Belarus, Pyotr Klimuk ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942), and Oleg Novitsky (1971).

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