Andrei Tupolev
Russian and Soviet aerospace engineer (1888-1972) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 84
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.
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1972Died23 December 1972"Hammer and Sickle" gold medalAwardUSSR State PrizeAward1964Order of Georgi DimitrovAward1958Order of LeninAward1957Hero of Socialist LabourAward1954Medal "For Battle Merit"Award1952State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1948State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1947Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSRAward1945Order of LeninAward1944Order of Suvorov, 2nd classAward1936Order of the Badge of HonourAward1933Order of LeninAward1926Hero of LabourAward1888Born29 October 1888
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The Beginning by Tatyana Ivanova, depicting Tupolev (in cherry-coloured kosovorotka shirt), Nikolay Zhukovsky, and other Russian aviation pioneers at Khodynka Field, preparing the ITU monoplane for a test flight in 1911.
Tupolev (right) with the crew of the ANT-25 aircraft at the Shchyolkovo airfield in 1936. Photo by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Russian strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160 named after Andrei Nikolayevich TupolevAwards
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Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1972 · aged 84
