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Viktor Afanasyev

1948 - Today

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Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев; born 31 December 1948) is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He was born 31 December 1948, in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, and is married to Yelena Ya. Afanasyeva, born in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Afanasyev is the 107th most popular astronaut (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,047th most popular biography from Russia (down from 968th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 107 out of 556. Before him are Donn F. Eisele, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Yevgeny Khrunov, Douglas G. Hurley, Yang Liwei, and Leonid Kizim. After him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Gennady Padalka, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Gregory Jarvis, Deke Slayton, and Steve MacLean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 279. Before him are James Rebhorn, Magdaléna Vášáryová, Kitten Natividad, Bud Cort, Heinz Flohe, and Patty Pravo. After him are Mizengo Pinda, Ludwig Scotty, Davíð Oddsson, Shakin' Stevens, Mykhaylo Fomenko, and Kim Hwang-sik.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 1,047 out of 3,761. Before him are Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1697), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Pavel Pestel (1793), Yuri Bezmenov (1939), Vasily Rozanov (1856), and Matvei Platov (1753). After him are Matvey Blanter (1903), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873), Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Yuliya Solntseva (1901), and Leonid Leonov (1899).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Viktor Afanasyev ranks 24. Before him are Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Yury Romanenko (1944), Yuri Artyukhin (1930), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Konstantin Feoktistov (1926), and Yevgeny Khrunov (1933). After him are Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1943), Gennady Padalka (1958), Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932), Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1940), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), and Aleksandr Serebrov (1944).

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