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Valeri Tokarev

1952 - Today

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Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev (Russian: Валерий Иванович Токарев; born 29 October 1952) is a Russian Air Force colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks, before retiring in June 2008. In 26 March 2009, Tokarev joined the United Russia party. On 8 September 2013, he was elected head of Zvyozdny Gorodok for five years, receiving 67.9% of the vote. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valeri Tokarev is the 160th most popular astronaut (down from 147th in 2019), the 1,395th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,518th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Valeri Tokarev ranks 160 out of 556. Before him are Pavel Vinogradov, Karen Nyberg, Lev Dyomin, Mike Massimino, Michael Foreman, and Chiaki Mukai. After him are Yury Glazkov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Roberta Bondar, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Vladimir Kovalyonok, and Paul J. Weitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Valeri Tokarev ranks 283. Before him are Hilary Mantel, Henry Selick, Miyuki Nakajima, Johanna Klier, Moya Brennan, and Chiaki Mukai. After him are Walter Isaacson, Jim Ratcliffe, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Quim Monzó, Martin Parr, and Reginald VelJohnson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valeri Tokarev ranks 1,395 out of 3,761. Before him are Igor Strelkov (1970), Marie Vassilieff (1884), Talgat Tadzhuddin (1948), Peter Arshinov (1887), Solomon Lozovsky (1876), and Nikolay Novikov (1744). After him are Olavi Mannonen (1930), Oleg Gazmanov (1951), Edwin Linkomies (1894), Nikolai Karachentsov (1944), Yury Glazkov (1939), and Apollon Maykov (1821).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Valeri Tokarev ranks 40. Before him are Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), Georgy Grechko (1931), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), Gennadi Strekalov (1940), Pavel Vinogradov (1953), and Lev Dyomin (1926). After him are Yury Glazkov (1939), Vitaly Sevastyanov (1935), Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (1933), Valentin Lebedev (1942), Boris Morukov (1950), and Valentina Ponomaryova (1933).

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