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Mikhail Yangel

Soviet engineer and missile designer · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1911 to 1971 · aged 60

Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel, was a Soviet engineer born in Irkutsk who was the leading designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union.

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1971Died25 October 1971Order of the October RevolutionAward1970Korolev Gold MedalAward1969Order of LeninAward1967USSR State PrizeAward1961"Hammer and Sickle" gold medalAwardOrder of LeninAward1960Lenin PrizeAward1959"Hammer and Sickle" gold medalAwardOrder of LeninAward1956Order of LeninAward1911Born25 October 1911

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Order of the October Revolution1971
Korolev Gold Medal1970
Order of Lenin1969
USSR State Prize1967
Order of Lenin1961
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal1961
Lenin Prize1960
Order of Lenin1959
"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal1959
Order of Lenin1956
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
VDNKh gold medal
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1911 to 1971 · aged 60

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