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Semyon Lavochkin

Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer

Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin (Russian: Семён Алексе́евич Ла́вочкин; 11 September 1900 – 9 June 1960) was a Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau.²

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Born Sep 11, 1900, died Jun 9, 1960.¹

About

Many of his fighter designs were produced in large numbers for Soviet forces during World War II.

From Wikipedia’s article on Semyon Lavochkin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

OKB-301Founder¹²

Early life and education

1917Kursk Men's Gymnasium³
1927Bauman Moscow State Technical University³

Career

Occupation: scientist, military flight engineer, engineer, inventor, aircraft pilot, politician.⁷

Date not recordedWorked at NPO Lavochkin⁴
Date not recordedFounded OKB-301⁵
Date not recordedDeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union⁶

Personal life

BornSep 11, 1900, Smolensk⁸
DiedJun 9, 1960, Sary Shagan⁹
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russian Empire¹⁰

Family

His father was Alter Ilyich Lavochkin (1875–1927), a teacher. Mother — Gita Savelyevna (1874–1952), housewife.

Brother — Yakov Alterovich Lavochkin (1904–1942), died at the front. Sister — Khaya Alterovna Lavochkina (1908–1994).

His wife, Rosa Gertsevna Lavochkina (1903–1994), was a philologist, was in charge of the library.

Daughter — Alla Semyonovna Lavochkina (1930–2001).

Son — Alexander (Alik) Semyonovich Lavochkin (1938–1967), graduated Moscow Aviation Institute, worked at the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.

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Awards

1956"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal¹¹
1956Hero of Socialist Labour¹¹
1950Order of Lenin¹¹
1948State Stalin Prize, 1st degree¹¹
1946Stalin Prize, 2nd degree for Lavochkin La-7¹¹
1945Order of Suvorov, 1st class¹¹
1945Order of the Red Banner¹¹
1944Medal "For Battle Merit"¹¹
1944Order of Suvorov, 2nd class¹¹
1943"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal¹¹

More awards (12)

1943Hero of Socialist Labour¹¹
1943Order of Lenin¹¹
1943State Stalin Prize, 1st degree for Lavochkin La-5¹¹
1941Order of Lenin¹¹
1941State Stalin Prize, 1st degree for Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Defence of Moscow"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Victory over Japan"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"¹¹
Date not recordedStalin Prize¹¹

Sources

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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin on Wikidata
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WikipediaSemyon Lavochkin on Wikipedia
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: Worked at NPO Lavochkin, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: Founded OKB-301, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataSemyon Lavochkin: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataOKB-301, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsSemyon Lavochkin photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain