Klavdiya Sergeyevna Kildisheva (russian: Клавдия Сергеевна Кильдишева; 6 March 1917 2 May 1994) was a Soviet and Russian test and aerospace engineer. She was awarded the

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medal in 1981, the highest degree of distinction in the

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for exceptional achievements in Soviet industry and culture.

Biography

Kildisheva was born in

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to a railroad worker. She finished school in 1934 and went on to study at the

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in the Mechanical - Mathematical Faculty. Kildisheva graduated in 1940 and went on to work in Moscow in the experimental design office

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completing strength calculations for aircraft. She moved to the A.S. Yakovlev

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in 1941, which had been formed in 1934 under designer

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. She joined the

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and from 1943 to 1946 she was the chair of the trade union committee for the war. Afterwards, in 1946, Kildisheva took up a position as deputy-chief of the laboratory for aircraft static tests. In 1949 she became deputy head and then in 1953 head of the research department of the Yakovlev OKB-115. In 1966 she was promoted to deputy head designer for research work. She worked on the ground tests for the Second World War and early Cold War era

Yakovlev Yak-9 The Yakovlev Yak-9 (russian: Яковлев Як-9) is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War. It was a development of the robust and successf ...

fighter aircraft to the three-engined mid-range

Yakovlev Yak-42 The Yakovlev Yak-42 (russian: Яковлев Як-42; NATO reporting name: "Clobber") is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet developed in the mid 1970s to replace the technically obsolete Tupolev Tu-134. It was the first airli ...

passenger jet developed in the mid 1970s. Kildisheva retired in 1982 as a pensioner of national importance. She died in

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Awards

(1981)

* Two

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(1966, 1981) * Lenin Prize (1972) *

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

(1977) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labor The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(1957) *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

(1945)

References

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