Alexander Alexandrovich Arkhangelsky

Alexander Arkhangelsky ( Russian Александр Александрович Архангельский , scientific transliteration Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Archangel'skij ; born December 17, ^jul. / 29. December 1892 ^greg. In Kazan ; † 18 December 1978 in Moscow ) was a Soviet aircraft designer.

Life

Archangelsky began studying at the Moscow Technical University in 1911. There he belonged to the circle of Nikolai Jegorowitsch Schukowski . During the First World War he worked in the scientific field of Russian aircraft construction. He was involved in the construction of the large aircraft " Svjatogor " and in the organization of the license building of the French Farman F.27 . He graduated from Moscow Technical University in 1918 and then switched to ZAGI . There he became director after Zhukovsky's death in March 1921. He worked closely with Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev , the deputy director, and was involved in most of its designs. After Tupolev left the ZAGI in June 1936, Archangelski followed him as chief designer and deputy general designer in the newly founded OKB-156. Tupolev and Arkhangelsky were arrested in 1937 in the course of the Great Terror . He managed to get his doctorate in technical sciences in 1940. In 1941 all restrictions were lifted. Since Tupolev was temporarily unable to head the OKB during his imprisonment , Arkhangelsky was appointed director until his return in 1943. Arkhangelsky himself had to work under the supervision of the NKVD . The design office continued work on the Tu-2 . The Archangelski Ar-2 was also created . After Tupolev's return in 1943, Arkhangelsky was again the second man in the OKB and accordingly participated in all important projects.

After the Second World War , Arkhangelsky participated in the series of passenger planes at Tupolev, starting with the Tu-104 up to the Tu-144 , as well as in the Tu-4 and Tu-16 bomber projects .

Alexander Archangelsky was a hero of socialist labor (1947), five times winner of the Order of Lenin , was awarded the State Prize three times (1941, 1949, 1959) and once (1957) the Lenin Prize.

literature

Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation. Elbe – Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2007, ISBN 978-3-933395-90-0 , pp. 18-19.

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personal data
SURNAME	Arkhangelsky, Alexander Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Архангельский, Александр Александрович (Russian); Archangel'skij, Aleksandr Aleksandrovič
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet aircraft designer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kazan
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1978
Place of death	Moscow