Vladimir Alexeyevich Lotaryov

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Wladimir Alexejewitsch Lotarjow ( Russian Владимир Алексеевич Лотарёв , scientific transliteration Vladimir Alekseevič Lotarëv ; born November 15, 1914 in Shakhty ; † July 20, 1994 ) was a Soviet designer of jet engines .

Career

Lotaryov was born in Shakhty on November 15, 1914, the son of a miner . After graduating from secondary school, he studied first in Novocherkassk and later at the National Aerospace University "NJ Zhukovsky" in Kharkov . After graduating in 1939, Lotaryov took a job at Factory No. 29 in Zaporozhye , which designed and manufactured aircraft engines. During the Great Patriotic War , the factory where Alexander Ivchenko worked was evacuated to Omsk . Lotarjow constructed engines for planes of the Soviet front-line air force there . Lotaryov's father Alexei Evgrafowitsch died in 1942 as a result of the German occupiers in Ukraine. After the war, Lotarev returned to the development office in Zaporozhye, from which the Zaporozhian engine plant Ivchenko "Progress" later emerged.

For his services to the Soviet Air Force, Lotaryov received the Order of the Red Star in 1946 and the medal for his heroic work during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 ( Russian Медаль «За доблестный трудойг41. ). Two years later, he and Ivchenko received the Stalin Prize . In 1946, at the age of only 32, Lotaryov became the deputy chief designer of the Zaporozhian engine plant. In 1960 he and Ivchenko received the Order of Lenin for their work on the Ivchenko AI-20 turboprop engine .

In 1963 Lotaryov became the main designer and in 1968 the head of the company. In 1976 he received the State Prize of the USSR , which replaced the Stalin Prize awarded until 1954. From 1981 to 1989 he was the company's general developer. Since then, the company's engines have borne his name. Lotaryov's main achievement for Soviet aviation was the development of the D-36 , an extremely advanced three-shaft turbofan engine with a high bypass ratio . From 1984 to 1989 Lotaryov was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR . In 1985 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR .

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  1. ↑ a b c d Short biography in the Large Encyclopedic Dictionary (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Lotaryov, Vladimir Alexeyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лотарев, Владимир Алексеевич (Russian spelling); Lotarëv, Vladimir Alekseevič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet designer of jet engines
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Shakhty
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1994