Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (russian: Владимир Михайлович Мясищев) (September 28, 1902 in

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– October 14, 1978 in

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) was a

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designer,

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(1944),

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(1957), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR (1972). After his graduation from

Moscow State Technical University The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BMSTU (russian: link=no, Московский государственный технический университет им. Н. Э. Баумана (МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана)), some ...

in 1926, Myasishchev worked at the

Tupolev Tupolev (russian: Ту́полев, ), officially Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau (OKB-156, design off ...

Design Bureau and took part in constructing

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s, such as

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, and

Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky The Tupolev ANT-20 ''Maxim Gorky'' (russian: Туполев АНТ-20 "Максим Горький", sometimes romanized as ''Maksim Gorki'') was a Soviet eight-engine aircraft, the largest in the world during the 1930s. Its wingspan was similar t ...

. As an assistant to

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, he traveled to the United States in 1937 to help translate the

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drawings in preparation for the production of the

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.Gunston, Bill, ''The Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995'', Motorbooks International 1995. . In 1938, Myasishchev became a victim of a repression campaign. While in confinement, he worked at

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's Central Design Bureau No. 29 (ЦКБ-29 НКВД) in

under the guidance of

Vladimir Petlyakov Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov (russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петляко́в; 15 June 1891 – 12 January 1942) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer. Petlyakov was born in 1891 in Sambek (Don Host O ...

, designing the

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bomber. In 1940, after his release, Myasishchev headed a design bureau (in the same building), working on the long-range high-altitude bomber DVB-102 (ДВБ-102). In 1946–1951, Myasishchev was the head of the faculty and later

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of the Department of Aircraft Design at

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. In 1956, he became chief aircraft designer. In 1960–1967, Myasishchev was appointed Head of the

Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (also (Zhukovsky) Central Institute of Aerodynamics, russian: Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т, ЦАГИ, Tsentral'nyy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut, ...

(TsAGI). In 1967–1978, Myasishchev held a post of the chief aircraft designer of the Experimental Machine Building Factory, which would bear his name starting 1981. Myasishchev designed different kinds of

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, including Pe-2B, Pe-2I, Pe-2M, DIS, DB-108, M-4, 3M, M-50. He also worked on a

cargo aircraft A cargo aircraft (also known as freight aircraft, freighter, airlifter or cargo jet) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of air cargo, cargo rather than passenger aircraft, passengers. Such aircraft usually ...

VM-T Atlant and high-altitude airplane M-17 Stratosfera. Among Myasishchev's aeroplane designs, the 3M and M-4 set nineteen world records, and the M-17 "Stratosfera" twenty. Myasishchev was awarded

gold star (in 1957), three

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(in 1945, 1957, 1962), the Order of Suvorov II degree (in 1944), the

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

(in 1971), medals.

External links

Encyclopædia Astronautix entry
* . * A.I. Ostashev, ''Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov - The Genius of the 20th Century'' — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL .

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