Josef Jakowlewitsch Kotin
Josef Jakowlewitsch Kotin ( Russian Жозеф Яковлевич Котин Shosef Jakowlewitsch Kotin ; born March 10, 1908 in Pavlograd , Yekaterinoslav Governorate , Russian Empire ; † October 21, 1979 ) was a Russian chief designer of heavy Soviet military and civil vehicles.
Life
1931 joined the CPSU . In 1932 he graduated from the "FE Dzerzhinsky" military technical academy. In 1937 he became the main designer of the Kirov factory .
The heavy tanks KW-1 , KW-85 , IS-1 , IS-2 , IS-3 , the heavy self-propelled guns SU-152 , ISU-152 , ISU-122 , the light floating tank PT-76 , the tractor "Kirovets" as well as the traction device KT-12 and Kirowez K-700 were developed under his leadership.
During the Second World War he was Deputy People's Commissar for the Tank Industry . He was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and in 1972 became a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of the Ministry of Defense Industry.
Titles and honors
- State Prize of the Soviet Union (1941, 1943, 1946, 1948)
- Engineer Colonel General
- Hero of Socialist Labor (1941)
- Honored Scientist and Technician of the RSFSR (1968)
- Doctor of Technical Sciences
literature
- G. Schalajewa, E. Korowkina: Kto jest kto w mire: 1500 imen . Olma Media Group, 2003, pp. 742-744. ISBN 978-5-8123-0088-3 . (Russian)
- Klaus Dorst, Birgit Hoffmann (Ed.): Small Lexicon of Soviet Armed Forces . Berlin 1987, p. 132.
Web links
- Josef Kotin on biografija.ru (Russian)
- Josef Kotin on warheroes.ru (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotin, Josef Jakowlewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Котин, Жозеф Яковлевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pavlograd , Yekaterinoslav Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1979 |