Arkady Shvetsov

Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov
Born	January 1892 Nizhniye Sergi, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Died	19 March 1953(1953-03-19) (aged 61) Moscow
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Aircraft engine designer
Known for	Producer of Shvetsov M-25 engine
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour

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). After his death in 1953, the OKB was taken over by Pavel Soloviev.