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Viktor Makeyev

1924-10-25 – 1985-10-25

Portrait of Viktor Makeyev
Viktor Petrovich Makeyev (1924-1985)Credit: С. В. Макеев

Life & Legacy

Viktor Petrovich Makeyev (also Makeev; Russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Маке́ев; 25 October 1924 – 25 October 1985) was a Soviet engineer in the Soviet space program who was also a central and founding figure in development of Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) for the Soviet Navy.

Occupation & Career

scientist, inventor, university teacher, politician

Education

Moscow Aviation Institute; Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev; Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Lenin Prize; "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal; Korolev Gold Medal; Hero of Socialist Labour

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal · Hero of Socialist Labour · Korolev Gold Medal · Lenin Prize · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Order of Lenin · Order of the October Revolution · USSR State Prize

Employer

Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau · Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology · South Ural State University

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of the USSR · Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Education & Institutions

Bauman Moscow State Technical University · Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev · Moscow Aviation Institute

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q277559 — wikidata View source

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