• Vladislav Nikolaevich Volkov

    Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov was a Soviet cosmonaut, flight engineer of the Soyuz–7 spacecraft, flight engineer of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (the second time the title was awarded posthumously).

  • Nikolay Nikolaevich Polikarpov

    Nikolay Nikolaevich Polikarpov was a Soviet aircraft designer, Doctor of Technical Sciences (1940), Hero of Socialist Labor (1940).

  • Ivan Filippovich Obraztsov

    Ivan FilippovichObraztsov 1920-2005 Ivan Filippovich Obraztsov was a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of structural mechanics and the strength of aircraft, statesman and public figure, organizer of higher and secondary special education. He was a full member (academician) of the USSR Academy of Sciences (then RAS) since 1974, Doctor of Technical Sciences. He…

  • Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh

    Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh was a Soviet scientist, the President of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1961-1975), Three Times Hero of Socialist Labor.

  • Alexander Davidovich Nadiradze

    Alexander Davidovich Nadiradze was the Director and chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering of the Ministry of Defence Industry of the USSR, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labor, author of more than 100 scientific papers and 220 inventions.

  • Viktor Petrovich Makeev

    Viktor Petrovich Makeev was the Chief Designer of SKB-385 of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Defence Technology, the Chief Designer of the Engineering Design Bureau of the Ministry of General Engineering of the USSR (Miass city of Chelyabinsk region), the Hero of Socialist Labor, an author of 32…

  • Alexander Alexandrovich Skochinsky

    Alexander Alexandrovich Skochinsky was the Director of the Institute of Mining of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Moscow Mining Institute, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

  • Nikolay Alekseevich Kucherenko

    Nikolay Alekseevich Kucherenko was a Soviet design engineer, one of the creators of the T–34 tank, winner of three Stalin Prizes.

  • Alexander Arkadievich Krasovsky

    Alexander Arkadievich Krasovsky was the Head of the Department of the Military Air Engineering Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky, Major General of the Engineering and Technical Service.

  • Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin

    Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft designer, developer of the most massive combat aircraft in history — the Il-2 attack aircraft, thrice Hero of Socialist Labor (1941, 1957, 1974), the only winner of seven Stalin Prizes (1941, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951), laureate of the Lenin Prize (1960), State Prize of the USSR…