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Alexandr Yakovlev

Soviet aeronautical engineer, aircraft designer and founder of the Yakovlev Design Bureau (1906-1989) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev was a Soviet aeronautical engineer. He designed the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau. Yakovlev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1938.

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1989Died22 August 19891984Order of LeninAward1977USSR State PrizeAward1972Lenin PrizeAward1966Order of LeninAward1956Order of LeninAward1950Order of LeninAward1947State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1945Order of LeninAwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1944Order of Suvorov, 2nd classAward1942State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1941State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1940"Hammer and Sickle" gold medalAward1933Order of the Red StarAward1906Born19 March 1906

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Awards

Order of Lenin1984
Order of Lenin1981
USSR State Prize1977
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1975
Lenin Prize1972
Order of the October Revolution1971
Order of Lenin1966
FAI Gold Air Medal1966
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal1957
Order of Lenin1956
Order of the Red Banner1955
Order of Lenin1950
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1948
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1947
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1946
Order of Lenin1945
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1945
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945
Order of Lenin1944
Order of the Red Banner1944
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class1944
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1943
Order of Lenin1942
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1942
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1941
Order of Lenin1940
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal1940
Order of Lenin1939
Order of the Red Star1933
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Victory over Japan"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1989 · aged 83

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