Arkady Shvetsov

Soviet aircraft engine designer (1892–1953)

Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov (Russian: Аркадий Дмитриевич Швецов) (January 1892, Nizhniye Sergi, today's Sverdlovsk Oblast - 19 March 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer whose OKB was founded in Perm, USSR, in 1934, to produce the Wright Cyclone-derived Shvetsov M-25 engine. Under Shvetsov, his OKB became the primary provider of radial piston engines for Soviet aircraft industry (Mikulin's and Klimov's OKB were assigned to creation of in-line engines).2

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Born Jan 24, 1892, died Mar 19, 1953.1

About

After his death in 1953, the OKB was taken over by Pavel Soloviev. Four Stalin Prizes (1942, 1943, 1946, 1948). Hero of Socialist Labour (1942).

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedBauman Moscow State Technical University3

Career

Occupation: engineer, politician, military flight engineer.6

  • Date not recordedFounded Aviadvigatel4
  • Date not recordedDeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union5

Personal life

  • BornJan 24, 1892, Nizhniye Sergi7
  • DiedMar 19, 1953, Moscow8
  • CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russian Empire9

Awards

  • Date not recordedHero of Socialist Labour10
  • Date not recordedMedal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"10
  • Date not recordedMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"10
  • Date not recordedOrder of Kutuzov, 1st class10
  • Date not recordedOrder of Lenin10
  • Date not recordedOrder of Suvorov, 2nd class10
  • Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner of Labour10
  • Date not recordedStalin Prize10

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