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Oleg Antonov

1906-01-25 – 1984-04-04

Antonov, OlegCatalog #: BIOA00139Last Name: AntonovFirst Name: OlegNotes:Repository: San Diego Air and Space MuseumCredit: Aviation Related People

Life & Legacy

Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (7 February 1906 – 4 April 1984) was a Russian and 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 (such as the Antonov An-2, Antonov An-12) and numerous gliders for both civilian and military use.

Occupation & Career

aerospace engineer, inventor, politician, university teacher, flight instructor, engineer

Education

Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Stalin Prize, 2nd degree; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Hero of Socialist Labour; 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"; Lenin Prize; 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; Order of Lenin; Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Hero of Socialist Labour · Honoured worker in science and technology of the Ukrainian SSR · Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Lenin Prize · Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" · Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" · Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv" · Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" · Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" · Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class · Medal "Veteran of Labour" · Order of Lenin · Order of the October Revolution · Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Stalin Prize, 2nd degree