Aleksandr Yakovlevich Bereznyak ( – 7 July 1974) was a

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and

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designer. He was the chief designer of

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, from March 1957.

Biography

Aleksandr Bereznyak was born on 29 December 1912 in Boyarkino, Ozyorsky District, Moscow Oblast. He was employed in aviation industries since 1931. Bereznyak was a graduate of the

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named after

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(1938). He was an engineer in the experimental design bureau of V. F. Bolkhovitinov. While working in the bureau, he designed the first soviet jet, the BI-1, which was equipped with liquid fuel to power a

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. The BI-1 was created in 1942 in co-operation with A. M. Isaev). He became Vice-chief designer of OKB-2 in 1946, later to become the chief designer in 1957. Other his developments include: * BI-1 — an early

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rocket fighter developed by Bereznyak and Isaev in 1940-1944. It flew after German's experimental He 176, but still was the first Soviet rocket plane. Eight test planes (usually referred as BI-1 — BI-8) were built. * 302P * 346 — experimental, trans-sonic speed, 1946. *

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— jet, project, 1948–1949. P2280218

In March 1957 he was assigned to lead the newly established MKB Raduga in the village of Ivankovo,

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. This had started in 1951 as Branch 2 of Artem Mikoyan's OKB-155 to produce the

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missile. Raduga specialized in a range of tactical missiles. Bereznyak was a Doctor in Engineering (1968). Aleksandr Bereznyak died on 7 July 1974 in

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Awards

* Merited engineering scientist of the

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(1973) *

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and numerous medals

Memorials

* There is a bronze bust of Bereznyak installed at the MKB Raduga headquarters building where he once worked * A street and a high school in Dubna were named after Bereznyak

External links

История МКБ «Радуга» имени Александра Березняка

Sources

References

Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russian Enc ...