Apollon Systsov (1929–2005) was a Soviet engineer and statesman who held several posts. He was the last the minister of aviation industry.
Early life and education
Systsov was born in
Melekess
Dimitrovgrad (russian: Димитровград; ), formerly Melekess () until 1972, is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Melekessky District, although it is not within the district and is an independent cit ...
(now Dimitrovgrad) on 25 September 1929.
His father worked as a Russian-language teacher.
He graduated from the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute obtaining a degree in
mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...
with a focus on aircraft construction.
Career
Following his graduation Systsov worked at the Tashkent Aviation Plant.[ After working in different posts he was made the general director of the Ulyanovsk Aviation Industrial Complex and a member of the collegium of the Ministry of Aviation Industry.][ He joined the ]Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
and was among its central committee members.[ He was appointed first deputy minister of the aviation industry in 1981 and remained in the post until 1985.][ Systsov's term as minister ended in August 1991 when the ministry was also disestablished.][
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Death
Systsov died in Moscow on 8 May 2005 and was buried at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery
The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...
, Moscow.[
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Awards
Systsov was the recipient of the following: Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...
, Order of the October Revolution
The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...
and Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...
(twice) and USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
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20th-century Russian engineers
21st-century Russian engineers
1929 births
2005 deaths
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Lenin Prize winners
People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Soviet mechanical engineers
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Recipients of the USSR State Prize