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Vladimir Kovalyonok

1942 - Today

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Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut. He entered the Soviet space programme on July 5, 1967, and was commander of three missions. Together with Aleksandr Ivanchenkov he flew the long-endurance mission EO-2 which set a new record of 139 days in space. He retired from the cosmonaut team on June 23, 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Kovalyonok is the 165th most popular astronaut (down from 152nd in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 137th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Vladimir Kovalyonok ranks 165 out of 556. Before him are Chiaki Mukai, Valeri Tokarev, Yury Glazkov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Roberta Bondar, and Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov. After him are Paul J. Weitz, Leonid Kadeniuk, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Valentin Lebedev, and Ronald McNair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Vladimir Kovalyonok ranks 361. Before him are Ichirō Ozawa, Marsha Mason, Huey P. Newton, Chantal Goya, Taj Mahal, and Eddy Mitchell. After him are Želimir Žilnik, Dobromir Zhechev, Gérard Pirès, Irm Hermann, Dick Parry, and Norberto Rivera Carrera.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Vladimir Kovalyonok ranks 128 out of 368. Before him are David Sarnoff (1891), Hayder of Crimea (null), Kirill of Turov (1130), Lev Schnirelmann (1905), Alexander Chervyakov (1892), and Mikhail Yegorov (1923). After him are Bryachislav of Polotsk (997), Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569), Chaim Kanievsky (1928), Galina Lukashenko (1955), Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909), and Moisei Ginzburg (1892).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Belarus

Among astronauts born in Belarus, Vladimir Kovalyonok ranks 2. Before him are Pyotr Klimuk (1942). After him are Oleg Novitsky (1971).

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