Nikolai Tikhomirov (chemical engineer)
Russian and Soviet rocket engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nikolai Ivanovich Tikhomirov (Russian: Николай Иванович Тихомиров; born Nikolai Viktorovich Slyotov; November 1859 – 28 April 1930) was a Russian and Soviet chemical engineer, inventor, founder of the Gas Dynamics Laboratory, specialist in rocket technology and one of the inventors of the Katyusha, which he was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor (1991, posthumously). A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after him.
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Nikolai Tikhomirov | |
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Николай Тихомиров | |
Born | November 1859 Moscow |
Died | 28 April 1930 Leningrad |
Nationality | Russian |
Known for | founder of the Gas Dynamics Laboratory |
Awards | Hero of Socialist Labor |
Scientific career | |
Fields | specialist in rocket technology |
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