# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolai-tikhomirov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:32:39.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolai-tikhomirov"
name: "Nikolai Tikhomirov"
slug: "nikolai-tikhomirov"
description: "Nikolai Ivanovich Tikhomirov was a Russian and Soviet chemical engineer, inventor, founder of the Gas Dynamics Laboratory, specialist in rocket technology and one of the inventors of the Katyusha, which he was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor. A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after him."
tagline: "Russian engineer (1859-1930)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_-_%D0%B1%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82.jpg/330px-%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_-_%D0%B1%D1%8E%D1%81%D1%82.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859"
deathDate: "1930-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.352112676056338
  historical:           8.549209333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nikolái Tijomírov"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola%C3%AF_Tikhomirov"
    title: "Nikolaï Tikhomirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyikolaj_Ivanovics_Tyihomirov"
    title: "Nyikolaj Ivanovics Tyihomirov"
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    title: "Նիկոլայ Տիխոմիրով"
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    title: "Nikolaï Tikhomirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_Tichomirow"
    title: "Nikołaj Tichomirow"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump