Nikolai Alekseevich Pilyugin (; ,

Krasnoye Selo Krasnoye Selo (, lit. ''Red (or beautiful) village''). Г. П. Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-Пресс", 2002 is a municipal town in Krasnos ...

- August 2, 1982) was a

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chief designer of rocket guidance systems. He was a designer of control systems for boosters and spacecraft. He participated in design of the first ICBM "R-7" and Soviet space shuttle Buran. A graduate of the Baumann higher technical school ( MVTU), Pilyugin worked at the Zhukovsky Central Institute of Aerohydrodynamics (

TsAGI The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (also (Zhukovsky) Central Institute of Aerodynamics, , TsAGI) is a Russian national research centre for aviation. It was founded in Moscow by Russian aviation pioneer Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky on Decemb ...

) starting in 1934, then joined RNII the Institute of Jet Propulsion. In 1945, he joined

Boris Chertok Boris Yevseyevich Chertok (; – 14 December 2011) was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos. Major responsibility under his guidance was primarily bas ...

at the RABE institute in Germany, studying the design of the V-2 and other Nazi weaponry. In 1946, he along with Mikhail Ryazansky headed the newly formed NII-885. Pilyugin developed gyroscopic guidance control systems and flight control computers for Soviet rockets beginning with the R-1 (a copy of the V-2). Pilyugin was one of the 72 members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences who signed a statement denouncing the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Andrei D. Sakharov in 1975. The signatories of this statement criticized Sakharov's activities, because these activities undermined peace and inspired distrust between people.

Awards

* Twice

Hero of Socialist Labor The Hero of Socialist Labour () was an 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 achievements in Soviet ...

(1956, 1961) *

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 ...

(1957) *

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize () was one of the Soviet Union’s highest civilian honours, awarded from its establishment in September 1966 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. It recognised outstanding contributions in the fields of science, mathem ...

(1967) *

Order 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 ...

(1956, 1958, 1968, 1975, 1978) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

(1971) * Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 7th - 10th convocations.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilugin, Nikolay 1908 births 1982 deaths People from Krasnoye Selo Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Lenin Prize Recipients of the USSR State Prize Soviet aerospace engineers Soviet inventors Soviet space program personnel Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute employees

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