ASTRONAUT

Valeri Polyakov

1942 - 2022

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Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ pəlʲɪˈkof]; born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov [Валерий Иванович Коршунов]; 27 April 1942 – 7 September 2022) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut. He is the record holder for the longest single stay in space, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months (437 days, 18 hours) during one trip. His combined space experience was more than 22 months. Selected as a cosmonaut in 1972, Polyakov made his first flight into space aboard Soyuz TM-6 in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valeri Polyakov is the 48th most popular astronaut (down from 15th in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from Russia (down from 337th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Valeri Polyakov ranks 48 out of 556. Before him are James Irwin, Henry Hartsfield, Roger B. Chaffee, Shannon Lucid, Georgy Dobrovolsky, and Alan Bean. After him are Sergei Krikalev, Charles Duke, Don L. Lind, Valeri Kubasov, Frank Borman, and Vladislav Volkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Valeri Polyakov ranks 148. Before him are Manolo Blahnik, Tasuku Honjo, Fradique de Menezes, Péter Medgyessy, Isaac Hayes, and Robert F. Engle. After him are Carole King, Christopher A. Sims, Vladimir Bukovsky, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, John McLaughlin, and Thomas Cavalier-Smith. Among people deceased in 2022, Valeri Polyakov ranks 102. Before him are Michel Bouquet, Javier Marías, Toshiki Kaifu, Patrick Tambay, David Warner, and Jürgen Grabowski. After him are Borislav Ivkov, Paula Rego, A. B. Yehoshua, Coolio, Don L. Lind, and Mario Terán.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valeri Polyakov ranks 529 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), Valentin Ivanov (1934), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), and Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714). After him are Elem Klimov (1933), Ales Bialiatski (1962), Korney Chukovsky (1882), Vladimir Arsenyev (1872), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), and Alexander Pokryshkin (1913).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Valeri Polyakov ranks 9. Before him are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), and Valery Bykovsky (1934). After him are Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Kubasov (1935), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Pavel Belyayev (1925), and Anatoly Berezovoy (1942).

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