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Josef Kotin

Russian engineer (1908-1979) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 71

Josef Yakovlevich Kotin was a Soviet armored vehicle design engineer, Head of all three Leningrad armor design bureaux (1937-39), Chief Designer of the Narkomat for Tank Industry (1939-1941), Deputy Narkom for the tank industry of the Soviet Union (1941-1943), Director of the VNII-100 Research Institute at Kirov...

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1979Died21 October 19791978Order of LeninAward1971Order of the October RevolutionAward1957Order of the Badge of HonourAward1951Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1948Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1946State Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1945Order of Suvorov, 2nd classAwardOrder of the Red StarAward1944Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1943Order of the Red StarAwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1941Order of LeninAwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degreeAward1940Order of LeninAward1908Born26 February 1908

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Awards

Order of Lenin1978
Order of the October Revolution1975
Order of the October Revolution1971
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1966
Order of the Badge of Honour1957
Order of Lenin1956
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1951
Order of the Red Banner1951
Stalin Prize1948
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1948
Stalin Prize1946
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1946
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class1945
Order of the Red Star1945
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1944
Medal "For Battle Merit"1944
Stalin Prize1943
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1943
Order of the Red Star1943
Order of the Red Star1942
Order of Lenin1941
Stalin Prize1941
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1941
Hero of Socialist Labour1941
Order of Lenin1940
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR
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 "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

About this person

Josef Yakovlevich Kotin was a Soviet armored vehicle design engineer, Head of all three Leningrad armor design bureaux (1937-39), Chief Designer of the Narkomat for Tank Industry (1939-1941), Deputy Narkom for the tank industry of the Soviet Union (1941-1943), Director of the VNII-100 Research Institute at Kirov Plant, Deputy Defense Industry Minister of the Soviet Union 1968-1972. He is best known for leading the design of some of the Kliment Voroshilov tanks, IS tank family, T-10 tank, SU-152 self-propelled heavy howitzer, Kirovets K-700 tractor and many other armored vehicles and heavy machinery.

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1979 · aged 71

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