Pavel Aleksandrovich Solovyov (Soloviev) (; June 26, 1917 – October 13, 1996) was a Soviet engineer born in Alekino in
Kineshemsky District
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of
Ivanovo Oblast
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Its three largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities are Ivanovo (the administrat ...
. He specialised in the design of aircraft engines.
Following the evacuation of the
Rybinsk Aviation Institute in 1940, he went to work in
Perm
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, where in 1953 he was made the head of his own
design bureau
OKB () is a transliteration of the Russian initials for "" (), which translates to "Experimental Design Bureau." It could also mean or "Special Design Bureau" in english. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and ...
-
OKB-19 (now part of
Aviadvigatel
UEC-Aviadvigatel JSC (Russian: АО "ОДК-Авиадвигатель", lit. Aeroengine) is a Russian developer and builder of aircraft engines, most notably jet engines for commercial aircraft. Based at the Perm Engine Plant, its products powe ...
).
His many awards and decorations included the
Lenin Prize
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(1978), the
USSR State Prize
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(1968), the title
Hero of Socialist Labor
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(1966), four
Orders of Lenin
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, the
Order of the October Revolution
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, the
Order of the Red Banner
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, the
Order of the Red Star
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and the
Medal "For Labour Valour"
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.
He was made deputy of the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
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three times. A street in
Perm
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Places
* Perm, Russia, a city in Russia
**Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
** Perm Governorate, an administr ...
was named after him, a monument to him was built in
Rybinsk
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It was previously known as '' ...
.
He died in Perm.
References
External links
Biography (in Russian)
1917 births
1996 deaths
People from Ivanovo Oblast
Soviet mechanical engineers
Heroes of Socialist Labour
Recipients of the Lenin Prize
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
Soviet inventors
Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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