# Sergei Korolev

> The Soviet engineer who put the first satellite, the first animal, and the first human into space — but whose name stayed classified until he died. The Cold War knew him only as "Chief Designer."

*Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sergei-korolev

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1906-12-30
- **Died:** 1966-01-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sergei Korolev trained as an aircraft designer before the Great Purge swallowed him in 1938 on false charges; he spent nearly six years in prisons and labour camps, including months in Kolyma. Released, he returned to engineering and directed development of the R-7 rocket, the world's first ICBM. Modified versions of the R-7 carried Sputnik 1 into orbit in 1957, then Laika, then Luna 2 to the Moon's surface. In 1961 his team launched Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1, making him the first human in space; in 1965 Alexei Leonov walked outside Voskhod 2, the first human EVA. Korolev died in January 1966, ending Soviet hopes he would beat the Americans to a lunar landing.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 4.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #233

## Topics
#Developers, #Academic, #Science, #Physics, #Web Development, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170842)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Sergei%20Korolev)
- [سيرجي كوروليوف](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81)
- [سيرجى كوروليوف](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81)
- [Serguéi Koroliov](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergu%C3%A9i_Koroliov)
- [Sergey Korolyov](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov)
- [Королёв Сергей Павлович](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Сяргей Паўлавіч Каралёў](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%91%D1%9E)
- [Сергей Корольов](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2)
- [সের্গেই কোরোলেভ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD)
- [Sergei Korolyov](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolyov)
- [Sergej Koroljov](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Koroljov)
- [Serguei Koroliov](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serguei_Koroliov)
- [Sergej Koroljov](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Koroljov)
- [Королёв Сергей Павлович](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Sergei Pawlowitsch Koroljow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Pawlowitsch_Koroljow)
- [Σεργκέι Κορολιόφ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%86)
- [Sergej Korolov](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Korolov)
- [Serguéi Koroliov](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergu%C3%A9i_Koroliov)
- [Sergei Koroljov](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Koroljov)
- [Sergei Koroliov](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Koroliov)
- [سرگئی کارالیوف](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A6%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%81)
- [Sergei Koroljov](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Koroljov)
- [Sergueï Korolev](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergue%C3%AF_Korolev)
- [Wikiquote](https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sergej_P._Koroljow)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sergej_Pavlovi%C4%8D_Korol%C3%ABv)
- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sergei_Koroliov)

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