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Oleg Antonov

Soviet aeroplane designer (1906-1984) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 78

Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov was a Soviet aeroplane designer. He founded the Research and Design Bureau No. 153 (OKB-153) in Novosibirsk, which was moved to Ukraine in 1952 and is now called Antonov in his honor. Antonov designed a number of Soviet aeroplanes and numerous gliders for both civilian and military use.

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1984Died4 April 19841975Order of LeninAward1966Hero of Socialist LabourAwardOrder of LeninAward1962Lenin PrizeAward1957Order of LeninAward1952Stalin Prize, 2nd degreeAward1906Born25 January 1906

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Order of Lenin1975
Order of Lenin1966
Hero of Socialist Labour1966
Lenin Prize1962
Order of Lenin1957
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree1952
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War"
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 "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"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"
Honoured worker in science and technology of the Ukrainian SSR
Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1984 · aged 78

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