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Sergei Krikalev

1958 - Today

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Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (Russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former and last cosmonaut and head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He is also sometimes referred to as the "last Soviet citizen". As a prominent rocket scientist, he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks fourth to Oleg Kononenko, Gennady Padalka, and Yuri Malenchenko for the most time spent in space: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes. Krikalev was stranded on board the Mir during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Krikalev is the 49th most popular astronaut (down from 44th in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 626th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sergei Krikalev ranks 49 out of 556. Before him are Henry Hartsfield, Roger B. Chaffee, Shannon Lucid, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Alan Bean, and Valeri Polyakov. After him are Charles Duke, Don L. Lind, Valeri Kubasov, Frank Borman, Vladislav Volkov, and Mirosław Hermaszewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Sergei Krikalev ranks 61. Before him are Quique Setién, Adrian Newey, Madeleine Stowe, Elio de Angelis, Ivo Pogorelić, and Lambert Wilson. After him are Jean-Claude Hollerich, Greg Mankiw, Paul Di'Anno, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Avigdor Lieberman, and Dave Finlay.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Krikalev ranks 543 out of 3,761. Before him are Marina Raskova (1912), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), and Nina Kulagina (1926). After him are Boris Kustodiev (1878), Lauri Törni (1919), Werner Kempf (1886), Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846), Andrei Karlov (1954), and Zeki Velidi Togan (1890).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Sergei Krikalev ranks 10. Before him are Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), and Valeri Polyakov (1942). After him are Valeri Kubasov (1935), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), and Vladimir Aksyonov (1935).

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