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Vitaly Abalakov

1906 - 1986

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Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov (Russian: Вита́лий Миха́йлович Абала́ков) (13 January [O.S. 31 December] 1906 – 26 May 1986) was a Soviet chemical engineer, mountaineer and inventor. Brother of Yevgeniy Abalakov, another famous alpinist, he made the first Soviet ascent of Lenin Peak in 1934 and two more ascents of this mountain. In 1936 he also made the ascent of Khan Tengri, where he lost several fingers on one arm and one-third of his foot. In 1938, he and others from his team were arrested by NKVD and were under investigation until 1940. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitaly Abalakov is the 145th most popular engineer (up from 166th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,021st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 145 out of 389. Before her are Alexandre Darracq, John Loudon McAdam, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Pierre-Émile Martin, J. Walter Christie, and Georges Leclanché. After her are Franz Reuleaux, John Scott Russell, Hellmuth Walter, Marc Seguin, Sherif Ismail, and Mikhail Yangel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 142. Before her are Antal Doráti, Eraldo Monzeglio, Eddie Albert, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward Ochab, and José Della Torre. After her are Jim Thompson, Jim Bausch, Artur Lundkvist, Andrei Kirilenko, Betti Alver, and Francisco Ayala. Among people deceased in 1986, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 111. Before her are Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Gardner Fox, Ilmari Salminen, Thierry Sabine, and Scatman Crothers. After her are Raúl Prebisch, Valentin Kataev, Ruth Teitelbaum, John Bagot Glubb, Artur London, and James H. Wilkinson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 893 out of 3,761. Before her are Igor Ansoff (1918), Léonide Massine (1896), Yerofey Khabarov (1603), Yury Romanenko (1944), Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), and Vera Krepkina (1933). After her are Dmitry Laptev (1701), Vladimir Stasov (1824), Yuri Artyukhin (1930), Hermann von Struve (1854), Konstantin Leontiev (1831), and Vasily Golovnin (1776).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Vitaly Abalakov ranks 19. Before her are Mikhail Mil (1909), Sergei Khrushchev (1935), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Ivan Sechenov (1829), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), and Georgy Shpagin (1897). After her are Mikhail Yangel (1911), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Alexander Lodygin (1847), and Vasily Mishin (1917).

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