Alexander Dmitrievich Sassjadko

Ukrainian postage stamp from 2003 with the likeness of Alexander Sassjadko

Alexander Dmitrievich Sassjadko ( Russian Александр Дмитриевич Засядко ; Ukrainian Олександр Дмитрович Засядько Oleksandr Dmytrowytsch Sassjadko * 8. June 1779 in Ljutenka , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire , † May 15. ^{. Jul} / 27. May  1837 ^greg. In Kharkov , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire) was a developer and specialist in rocket projectiles and a lieutenant general in the artilleryof the Imperial Russian Army of Ukrainian origin.

Life

Alexander Sassjadko was born in the village of Lyutenka in what is now Hadjach Raion in the Ukrainian Oblast of Poltava as the son of a noble Ukrainian family. His father Dmytrowytsch Sassjadko which Hauptartillerist ( Гармаші Harmaschi ) of Zaporozhye Sich was, sent his son to the Artillery and Engineering School of the second cadet corps ( Второй кадетский корпус ) in St. Petersburg (now the Military Academy AF Moschaiski ) at which this extensive knowledge in engineering and artillery science and graduated in 1797. At that time he also spoke French very well, understood Latin and had a good knowledge of history and geography.

On February 28, 1797 Alexander Sassjadko came as a Podporutschik to the 10th Artillery Battalion of the Russian Army and was involved in the Second Coalition War in the Italian campaign of General Suvorov and the siege and capture of Mantua in 1799 . In 1804 he was in the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean, where he was deployed first to Corfu and then to southern Italy and the Adriatic . For his bravery and exemplary commitment in the battle against the French attacks on the Neapolitan fortress of Castel Nuovo on September 19, 1804, he received the Order of St. George, 4th class. He proved himself in 1807 with the siege of Ishmael , in 1810 with the crossing of the Danube as well as with the capture of Tutrakan during the 7th Russo-Turkish War , for which he was awarded the Order of Saint Anne 2nd class and the Order of Saint Vladimir 4th Class awarded. During the siege of the fortresses of Zhaří and Russe from mid-July to late August 1810, he commanded the artillery. In the Patriotic War of 1812 he was involved in the siege of the Thorn fortress and was promoted to colonel and the Prussian order Pour le Mérite for his work . He was also involved in the Wars of Liberation in the battles near Bautzen , the Katzbach and the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , for which he was awarded the Order of Saint George and the Order of Saint Vladimir , each of the 3rd class.

After the Napoleonic wars, he experimented with rocket and discovered the secret of its manufacture, after which he has acquired a complete description of his invention presented to the authorities in St. Petersburg, giving him fame and the goodwill of Emperor Alexander I earned. In 1819 he was promoted to major general, in 1820 he became head of the artillery training brigade, the artillery school, the Petersburg arsenal and the pyrotechnic laboratory in Saint Petersburg and in 1827 he became chief of staff of the artillery headquarters of the Russian army.

During the Russian-Turkish War of 1828-29 , he organized in a special missile institution the production of rockets and was the first rocket battery of the Russian army. In 1829 he was promoted to lieutenant general. After retiring in 1834, he settled in Kharkov, where he died in 1837 at the age of 57.

Honors

Alexander Sassjadko received numerous awards. Including:

• Order of Saint George 4th class (1804)
• Order of Saint Anne, 2nd class (1807)
• Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class (1807)
• Order of Saint George 3rd Class (1813)
• Order of Saint Vladimir 3rd Class (1813)
• Order of Pour le Mérite
• The lunar crater Zasyadko on the back of the moon was named after him in 1976
• The Ukrainian Post issued a stamp in his honor in 2003

Web links

• Entry on Alexander Dmitrijewitsch Sassjadko in Brockhaus-Efron (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 1979, on The Free Dictionary ; accessed on March 25, 2019 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Entry on Alexander Dmitrijewitsch Sassjadko in the Great Biographical Encyclopedia (2009); accessed on March 25, 2019 (Russian)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Birth of Missile Weapons on space.com.ua ; accessed on March 25, 2019 (Russian)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on Oleksandr Dmytrowytsch Sassjadko in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia ; accessed on March 25, 2019 (Ukrainian)
5. ^ Zasyadko in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN); accessed on March 25, 2019 (English)
6. ↑ Alexander Sassjadko Ukraine, 2003; accessed on March 26, 2019 (Ukrainian)