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Vladimir Chelomey

Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomei
Владимир Николаевич Челомей
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Born (1914-06-30)30 June 1914
Siedlce, Lublin Governorate
Died 12 August 1984(1984-08-12) (aged 70)
Moscow
Citizenship Soviet Union
Fields missile engineer, aircraft engineer, designer
Institutions Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
National Aviation University
Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motor Development
Alma mater National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Known for Creation of the first Soviet pulse jet engine, as well as leading the development of diverse cruise missiles, Proton rockets and UR-100, UR-200, UR-500 and UR-700 ICBMs.
Notable awards Hero of Socialist Labor medal.png Hero of Socialist Labor medal.png
Order of Lenin ribbon bar.png Order of Lenin ribbon bar.png Order of Lenin ribbon bar.png Order of Lenin ribbon bar.png
Orderredbannerlabor rib.png Order october revolution rib.png
Medal State Prize Soviet Union.png Medal State Prize Soviet Union.png Medal State Prize Soviet Union.png Medal Lenin Prize.png

Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Челоме́й; Ukrainian: Володимир Миколайович Челомей; 30 June 1914 – 8 December 1984) was a Soviet mechanics scientist, aviation and missile engineer. He invented the very first Soviet pulse jet engine and was responsible for the development of the world's first anti-ship cruise missiles and ICBM complexes like the UR-100, UR-200, UR-500 and UR-700.

Chelomey was born in Siedlce, Lublin Governorate, Russian Empire (now Poland) into a family of Ukrainian Cosack origin. At the age of three months, his family fled to Poltava, when World War I came close to Siedlce.

When Vladimir was twelve years old, the family moved again to Kiev.

In 1932, Chelomey was admitted to the Kiev Polytechnic Institute (later the basis of Kiev Aviation Institute), where he showed himself as a student with outstanding talent. In 1936, his first book Vector Analysis was published. Studying at the institute, Chelomey also attended lectures on mathematical analysis, theory of differential equations, mathematical physics, theory of elasticity and mechanics in the Kiev University. He also attended lectures by Tullio Levi-Civita in the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences. Namely in this time Chelomey became interested in mechanics and in the theory of oscillations and remained interested the rest of his life. In 1937, Chelomey graduated from the institute with honours. After that he worked there as a lecturer, defending a dissertation for the Candidate of Science (in 1939).


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