List of Russian aerospace engineers

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Sergei Korolyov, the key man in the Soviet space program

This list of Russia n aerospace engineers includes the designers of aircraft, rocketry and spacecraft, and developers of auxiliary aerospace technologies from the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.

Alphabetical list

A

B

C

  • Vladimir Chelomey, designer of the first space station Salyut 1, creator of Proton rocket (the most used heavy lift launch system)
  • Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky, creator of the world's first flying wing aircraft
  • Boris Chertok, major Soviet rocket designer; author of the four-volume book Rockets and People, the definitive source on the history of the Soviet space program
  • Evgeniy Chertovsky, inventor of the pressure suit

F

  • Nicolas Florine, builder of the first successful tandem rotor helicopter

G

Glushko

I

  • Sergey Ilyushin, designer of the Il-series fighter aircraft, including Il-2 bomber (the most produced military aircraft in history)
  • Andronik Iosifyan, chief electrician of Soviet missiles and spacecraft, including the R-7 Semyorka and the Soyuz spacecraft
  • Aleksei Isaev, designer of the first rocket-powered fighter aircraft, BI-1

K

Kotelnikov

L

M

  • Victor Makeev, developer of the first intercontinental SLBM
  • Artem Mikoyan, designer of the MiG-series fighter aircraft, including world's most produced jet aircraft MiG-15 and most produced supersonic aircraft MiG-21
  • Arseny Mironov, scientist in flight dynamics and aircraft safety, Stalin Prize recipient (1948) for the new method of aerodynamic research, USSR State Prize recipient (1976) for the completion of flight testing of the Su-24 fighter-bomber
  • Alexander Mikulin, designer of Mikulin AM-34 and other Soviet aircraft engines; co-developer of the Tsar Tank
  • Mikhail Mil, designer of the Mi-series helicopters, including Mil Mi-8 (the world's most-produced helicopter) and Mil Mi-12 (the world's largest helicopter)
  • Pavel Molchanov, inventor of radiosonde
  • Alexander Mozhaysky, author of the first attempt to create heavier-than-air craft in Russia ; designed the largest of 19th century airplanes
  • Vladimir Myasishchev, founder of the Myasishchev Design Bureau

N

  • Alexander Nadiradze, designer of the first mobile ICBM RT-21 Temp 2S and the first reliable mobile ICBM RT-2PM Topol

P

  • Vladimir Petlyakov, designer of the Pe-series military aircraft
  • Nikolay Pilyugin, chief designer of Soviet rocket guidance systems
  • Mikhail Pogosyan, designer of Sukhoi aircraft, including SSJ100, Su-47, Su-57 and Su-30 series
  • Nikolai Polikarpov, designer of the Po-series aircraft, including Po-2 Kukuruznik (world's most produced biplane)
  • Alexander Procofieff de Seversky, inventor of ionocraft and gyroscopically stabilized bombsight

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T

U

  • Vladimir Utkin, designer of the first railcar-launched ICBM RT-23 Molodets

V

Y

  • Alexander Yakovlev, designer of the Yak-series aircraft, including the first regional jet Yak-40

Z

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