Nikolai Leonidovich Dukhov (; – 1 May 1964) was a Soviet designer of cars, tractors, tanks and nuclear weapons.

Biography

Dukhov was working in a tractor factory. In 1926, the factory Komsomol assembly sent him to study in an institute in

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, followed by a transfer without test to mechanical faculty in the

Leningrad Polytechnical Institute Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, abbreviated as SPbPU, is a public university, public technical university located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Over the decades, it established itself as a cornerstone of technical education ...

to study engineer-design for tractors and cars. He was responsible for designing the Soviet tractors and heavy tanks in the 1930s. In World War II he was the co-designer (along with

Josef Kotin Josef (also Joseph, Jozef, sometimes Zhozef) Yakovlevich Kotin (; 10 March 1908, Pavlohrad – 21 October 1979, Leningrad) was a Soviet armored vehicle design engineer, Head of all three Leningrad armor design bureaux (1937–39), Chief Designer ...

) of the Stalin heavy tank. In 1948, he was nominated as the assistant to

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, the chief designer of the

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. He continued his work on nuclear projects until his death in 1964. He taught in the Leningrad Road Institute and at mechanical faculty of the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute. He became a corresponding member of the

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(1953).

Awards

* Thrice

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour () was an Title of honor, honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievem ...

Lenin Prize The Lenin Prize (, ) was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was originally created on June 23, 1925, and awarded until 1934. During ...

* Five Stalin Prizes * Four

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

Order of Suvorov The Order of Suvorov () is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honor of Russian Generalissimo Prince Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800). History The Order of Suvorov was originally a Soviet Union, Soviet award established on ...

, 2nd class *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the ...

References

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