Leonid Leonidovich Selyakov
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| Leonid Leonidovich Selyakov | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Леонид Леонидович Селяков |
| Born | 22 April 1916 Kiev, Russian Empire |
| 💀Died | 16 October 2002 (aged 86) Moscow, Russia16 October 2002 (aged 86) |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Soviet Union → Russia |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Designer of the Tupolev Tu-134, Myasishchev M-4, Yakovlev Yak-25, and other aircraft |
| 🏅 Awards | |
Leonid Leonidovich Selyakov (Russian: Леонид Леонидович Селяков; 22 April 1916 – 16 October 2002) was a Soviet aircraft designer, a laureate of the Lenin Prize (1957) and the USSR State Prize (1972).[1]
Biography
Leonid Leonidovich Selyakov was born on 22 April 1916 in Kiev into the family of a land surveying engineer. After finishing seven years of school in 1930, he began working in his father’s expedition and then at the Central Aircraft Repair Base of Dobrolyot in Kiev.
From 1932 to 1941 he worked at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the brigade of Vladimir Petlyakov. He participated in the development of the Tupolev ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" and the ANT-42 (TB-7) aircraft.
In 1938 he became head of the technical design group and deputy head of the fuselage brigade at OKB-16, which was created after the arrest of Andrei Tupolev on the basis of his design bureau.
During the Great Patriotic War, he first worked at Plant No. 22 and from 1943 served as deputy chief designer at OKB-22 under Vladimir Myasishchev, until the bureau was closed in January 1946. After the bureau’s evacuation to Kazan in 1942, Selyakov’s brigade worked on the design of a large-caliber machine‑gun mount for the Pe-2.
In 1946 he was transferred to OKB-115 of Alexander Yakovlev, where he worked until 1951. He led the design of the jet fighters Yak-19, Yak-25 and the experimental Yak-1000. In April 1951, after the re‑establishment of Myasishchev’s OKB-23, he was appointed its deputy chief designer.
He worked on the strategic bomber M-4 and the modernisation of the M-3. For achievements in designing these aircraft, in 1957 he became a laureate of the Lenin Prize together with the collective of OKB-23, and was awarded the Order of Lenin.
From 1952 he designed the supersonic strategic bomber M-50.
From 1959 to 1961 he worked at the design bureau of Vladimir Chelomey.
In 1962 he returned to the Tupolev design bureau. He participated in the development of the ANT-20, ANT-42, DB-LK, M-4, M-29, M-50, M-56, Pe-2I, RB-17, Yak-14M, Yak-19, Yak-25, Yak-36, Yak-1000, and others.
For more than 25 years he was the chief designer of the Tupolev Tu-134 airliner.
In 1979 he was appointed leading designer for an advanced medium‑range airliner, which later received the designation Tupolev Tu-204.[2] Without a higher education, he became one of the leading specialists in Soviet aircraft construction.
He died on 16 October 2002 in Moscow and was buried at the Khimki Cemetery.
Awards
- In 1957 he was awarded the Lenin Prize for the creation of the M‑4 strategic jet bomber.
- In 1972 he was awarded the USSR State Prize for the creation of the Tu‑134 and its modifications.
- He also received the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War (2nd class), the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and the Order of the Red Star.
Publications
- Ternistyy put v nikuda: Zapiski aviakonstruktora (A Thorny Path to Nowhere: Notes of an Aircraft Designer). Moscow, 1997.
- Chelovek, sreda, mashina: Zapiski aviakonstruktora (Man, Environment, Machine: Notes of an Aircraft Designer). Moscow, 1998.
- "Malozvestnyye stranitsy tvorcheskoy deyatelnosti konstruktora V. M. Myasishcheva" (Little‑known Pages of the Creative Work of Designer V. M. Myasishchev).
References
- ↑ "Selyakov Leonid Leonidovich". Biographical Encyclopedia (in русский). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-29. Unknown parameter
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Further reading
- Moskovskaya entsiklopediya. Tom 1: Litsa Moskvy. Kniga 4: R–T (Moscow Encyclopedia. Vol. 1: Faces of Moscow. Book 4: R–T). – Moscow: OAO "Moskovskiye uchebniki", 2012.
External links
- Biography on the Tupolev website (archived)
- "Six lives in aviation of chief designer L. L. Selyakov" (in Russian)
- Selyakov's awards on Pamyat Naroda (in Russian)
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