Андрей Туполев
Настоящее имя: Андрей Туполев
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Andrey Tupolev (October 29 [November 10], 1888, the village of Pustomazovo, Korchevsky district, Tver province, Russian Empire - December 23, 1972, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet scientist and aircraft designer, colonel-general-engineer ( 1968), doctor of technical sciences. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1953). Hero of Labor (1926). Three times Hero of Socialist Labor (1945, 1957, 1972). Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1947). Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1957), four Stalin Prizes (1943, 1948, 1949, 1952) and the State Prize of the USSR (1972). Over 100 types of aircraft were designed under Tupolev's leadership, 70 of which were mass-produced. On his aircraft, 78 world records were set, about 30 outstanding flights were made.