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Paval Sukhi

1895-07-10 – 1975-09-15

Pawieł SuchojCredit: Autor nieznany

Life & Legacy

Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi (Russian: Павел Осипович Сухой; Belarusian: Павел Восіпавіч Сухі, Paviel Vosipavič Suchi; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev and Sukhoi for 50 years, and produced many notable Soviet planes such as the Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, and Su-24. His planes set two altitude world records (1959, 1962) and two world speed records (1960, 1962). Sukhoi was honored in the Soviet Union as a Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded the Order of Lenin three times.

Occupation & Career

military flight engineer, inventor, design engineer

Education

Lomonosov Moscow State University; Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

State Stalin Prize, 1st degree; USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the October Revolution; "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Red Star; Order of the Badge of Honour; Lenin Prize; State Prize of the Russian Federation; Stalin Prize

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal · Hero of Socialist Labour · Lenin Prize · Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the October Revolution · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of the Red Star · Stalin Prize · State Prize of the Russian Federation · State Stalin Prize, 1st degree · USSR State Prize