Hanon Ilyich Izakson (russian: Изаксон, Ханон Ильич) (March 15, 1909 – April 4, 1985) was a

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designer of farm machines who was born in Novo-Bereslav,

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. In 1932, Izakson graduated from Zaporizhia Engineering College. He worked at the 'Communar' factory, progressing from a designer to chief designer, later becoming the chief designer for self-propelled

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s at

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Design Bureau. Since 1953, Izakson headed the General Design Bureau for self-propelled combine harvesters in the city of

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. Under his direction, several grain-harvesting machines and other agricultural machines were developed for various climate zones of the USSR. Izakson has received over 100 patents for inventions, most of which have been introduced into mass production. In addition, he has been awarded with several

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, and

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awards and medals. He was a candidate of technical sciences in 1971 and received the Lenin Prize in 1964. Izakson died in the city of

on April 4, 1985.

References

* Taganrog Encyclopedia (Энциклопедия Таганрога), 2nd edition, Taganrog, 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Izakson, Hanon 1909 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Ukrainian engineers 20th-century Ukrainian inventors Recipients of the Lenin Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet designers Soviet inventors Soviet mechanical engineers Ukrainian designers Ukrainian inventors Ukrainian Jews Ukrainian mechanical engineers