Nikolai Pavlovich Alekhin (; 1913–1964) was a

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designer. The lunar crater Alekhin is named in his honour.

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1913 births 1964 deaths Soviet engineers 20th-century Russian engineers Rocket scientists {{Russia-engineer-stub