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Yury Romanenko

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Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Романе́нко; born 1 August 1944) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (March 16, 1978 and September 26, 1980). Over his career, Yuri Romanenko spent a total of 430 days 20 hours 21 minutes 30 seconds in space and 18 hours in space walks. In 1987 he was a resident of the Mir space station, launching on Soyuz TM-2 and landing aboard Soyuz TM-3. He remained on Mir for 326 days; that was the longest stay in space at that time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yury Romanenko is the 93rd most popular astronaut (down from 42nd in 2019), the 890th most popular biography from Russia (down from 600th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Yury Romanenko ranks 93 out of 556. Before him are Kalpana Chawla, Aleksei Gubarev, Walter Cunningham, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Lyakhov, and Stuart Roosa. After him are Yuri Artyukhin, Scott Carpenter, Andy Thomas, Valentin Bondarenko, Anatoly Filipchenko, and Konstantin Feoktistov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Yury Romanenko ranks 279. Before him are Václav Nedomanský, Ron Harris, Muhammad az-Zanati, Donald Tsang, Arnon Milchan, and Wesley Clark. After him are Rick Davies, Michael Buffer, Terry Brooks, John Milius, Angela Winkler, and Katsuyoshi Kuwahara.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yury Romanenko ranks 890 out of 3,761. Before him are Marat Safin (1980), Viktor Tikhonov (1930), Nadezhda Olizarenko (1953), Igor Ansoff (1918), Léonide Massine (1896), and Yerofey Khabarov (1603). After him are Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), Vera Krepkina (1933), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), Dmitry Laptev (1701), Vladimir Stasov (1824), and Yuri Artyukhin (1930).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Yury Romanenko ranks 19. Before him are Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), and Aleksei Gubarev (1931). After him are Yuri Artyukhin (1930), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Konstantin Feoktistov (1926), Yevgeny Khrunov (1933), Viktor Afanasyev (1948), and Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1943).

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