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Vladimir Vetchinkin
Vladimir Petrovich Vetchinkin (russian: Владимир Петрович Ветчинкин) (June 29, 1888 - March 6, 1950) was a Soviet scientist in the field of aerodynamics, aeronautics, and wind energy, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1927), Honored Science Worker of the RSFSR (1946). Biography Vladimir Petrovich was born in Kutno (then in the Russian division of Poland), the son of a Russian military officer. Vetchinkin graduated from Moscow Higher Technical School (MVTU) in 1915, the favorite student of Nikolay Zhukovsky and generally viewed as his successor. In 1913, they had created a vortex-sheet theory of aircraft propellers. In 1916, Vetchinkin and Zhukovsky created the aviation calculation and test bureau in the wind-tunnel laboratory of the Moscow Higher Technical School, and in 1918 he helped found the Zhukovsky Central Institute of Aerodynamics (TsAGI). He became a professor at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy in 1923. In 1914, Vetchinkin began working with Anatoly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
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1950 Deaths
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Russian Mechanical Engineers
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Russian Aerospace Engineers
This list of Russian aerospace engineers includes the designers of aircraft, rocketry and spacecraft, and developers of auxiliary aerospace technologies from the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. See also the :Russian aerospace engineers. Alphabetical list __NOTOC__ A *Rostislav Alexeyev, designer of high-speed hydrofoils (Raketa (hydrofoil), raketa) and ekranoplans, including the Caspian Sea Monster *Oleg Antonov (aircraft designer), Oleg Antonov, designer of the Antonov, An-series aircraft, including ''Antonov A-40, A-40'' winged tank and ''An-124'' (the largest serial cargo aircraft, cargo, later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft ''An-225'') *Alexander Arkhangelsky (aircraft designer), Alexander Arkhangelsky, designer of the Arkhangelski, Ar-series aircraft *Yuri Artsutanov, pioneered the idea of the space elevator B *Georgy Babakin, designer of the first soft landing (rocketry), soft landing space vehicle ''Luna 9'' *Vladimir Barmin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Mechanical Engineers
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Soviet Aerospace Engineers
This list of Russian aerospace engineers includes the designers of aircraft, rocketry and spacecraft, and developers of auxiliary aerospace technologies from the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. See also the :Russian aerospace engineers. Alphabetical list __NOTOC__ A * Rostislav Alexeyev, designer of high-speed hydrofoils (raketa) and ekranoplans, including the Caspian Sea Monster * Oleg Antonov, designer of the An-series aircraft, including '' A-40'' winged tank and ''An-124'' (the largest serial cargo, later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft ''An-225'') * Alexander Arkhangelsky, designer of the Ar-series aircraft *Yuri Artsutanov, pioneered the idea of the space elevator B * Georgy Babakin, designer of the first soft landing space vehicle ''Luna 9'' *Vladimir Barmin, designer of the world's first rocket launch complex (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Baikonur spaceport) *Robert Bartini, developer of ekranoplans and VTOL amphibious aircraft, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalin Prize Winners
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s. Ideologically adhering to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, he formalised these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are called Stalinism. Born to a poor family in Gori in the Russian Empire (now Georgia), Stalin attended the Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary before joining the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. He edited the party's newspaper, ''Pravda'', and raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings and protection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute Employees
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Bauman Moscow State Technical University Faculty
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