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Sergei Avdeyev

1956 - Today

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Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeyev (Сергей Васильевич Авдеев; born 1 January 1956) is a former Russian engineer and cosmonaut. Avdeyev was born in Chapayevsk, Samara Oblast (formerly Kuybyshev Oblast), Russian SFSR. He graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1979 as an engineer-physicist [1]. From 1979 to 1987 he worked as an engineer for NPO Energiya. He was selected as a cosmonaut as part of the Energia Engineer Group 9 on 26 March 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Avdeyev is the 235th most popular astronaut (up from 314th in 2019), the 2,039th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,535th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sergei Avdeyev ranks 235 out of 556. Before him are John Casper, William B. Lenoir, Yelena Kondakova, Piers Sellers, Robert S. Kimbrough, and Ivan Bella. After him are Barbara Morgan, Yuri Baturin, James P. Bagian, Yuri Gidzenko, Mikhail Tyurin, and Jeffrey Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Sergei Avdeyev ranks 385. Before him are Volen Siderov, Rodolfo Rodríguez, Ahmad Zia Massoud, Masashi Tashiro, Andro Knego, and Mayawati. After him are Hanne Krogh, Miroslav Votava, Antonio Alzamendi, Avi Cohen, Rina Mor, and Doug Burgum.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Avdeyev ranks 2,039 out of 3,761. Before him are Victor Borisov-Musatov (1870), Vladimir Gostyukhin (1946), Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881), Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), Fazu Aliyeva (1932), and German Sveshnikov (1937). After him are Alexei Ulanov (1947), Gennadi Gusarov (1937), Yevgeniy Chazov (1929), Sergei Starostin (1953), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), and Anatoli Bashashkin (1924).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Sergei Avdeyev ranks 55. Before him are Vladimir Solovyov (1946), Oleg Atkov (1949), Yury Malyshev (1941), Gennady Sarafanov (1942), Valery Korzun (1953), and Yelena Kondakova (1957). After him are Yuri Baturin (1949), Mikhail Tyurin (1960), Aleksandr Laveykin (1951), Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (1953), Nikolai Budarin (1953), and Yury Usachov (1957).

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