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Georgy Langemak
Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (; – 11 January 1938) was a Soviet engineer, working on rocket design applications. He is chiefly remembered for being the co-designer and directing the development of the aircraft unguided rockets, such as the RS-82 (rocket family), RS-82 and RS-132, which were modified to be used with such success in the Katyusha rocket launchers of World War II. The crater Langemak (crater), Langemak on the Moon is named in his honor. Life Beginning in 1928, he worked at the Soviet Gas Dynamics Laboratory along with several other notable Soviet rocket scientists, and they developed rocket projectiles that used smokeless powder. This group was later merged with another rocketry organization to become the Reactive Scientific Research Institute (RNII). Langemak became the deputy director of the RNII. In 1936 this group completed the technical specifications for a rocket-glider. In 1937 during the Great Purge, he was fired and subsequently arrested by NKVD, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starobilsk
Starobilsk (; ) is a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Starobilsk Raion. The modern settlement was founded in 1686, and it was granted city status in 1938. The city has a population of As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it has been under Russia, Russian occupation since 2 March 2022. History Prehistory Presumably, Starobilsk traces its heritage to the Sloboda (settlement), settlement of Bielska Sloboda which originally might have been named after Okolnichy Bogdan Belsky of Litvin Belsky family (Gediminid), Bielsky family who at that time was a subject of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Bielsky arrived at the banks of Donets, Siversky Donets to build a fortress at the southern borders ''Tsare-Borisov'' (after Muscovite Tsardom of Russia, Tsar Boris Godunov) which was erected not far away in 1598–1600. In 1602 Godunov became suspicious of Belsky and order him to be arrested, stripped of any estates, and exiled to Siberia. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
