Sergey Tumansky
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Sergei Konstantinovich Tumansky | |
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| Born | Сергей Константинович Туманский May 21, 1901 |
| Died | September 9, 1973 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Designer, General Designer of OKB-300 |
| Known for | Aircraft and Rocket Engine designs |
Sergei Konstantinovich Tumansky (Template:Lang-ru) (21 May 1901 – 9 September 1973) was a designer of Soviet aircraft engines and the chief designer in the Tumansky Design Bureau, OKB-300. He worked in TsIAM (1931–38 and in 1940), at the aircraft-engine plant N 29, in Leah.
He also worked as a substitute main designer in OKB A.A. Mikulin beginning in 1943.
Biography
Sergei Tumansky was born in Minsk, the Russian Empire, on May 21, 1901 and died, at age 73, in Moscow, the Soviet Union, on September 9, 1973.
Tumansky was a specialist in the field of mechanics and machine building. He was a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences for the department of mechanics and control processes from 26 June 1964, and then academician for the department of mechanics and control processes (machine building) from 26 November 1968. He was awarded different distinctions, among them Lenin Prize, Lenin Order and Hero of Socialist Labour.
Contributions
Some of the Engines he worked on and/or designed include:
- Tumansky M-87 - an air-cooled aircraft radial engine
- Tumansky M-88 - an air-cooled radial engine developed before World War II
- Tumansky RD-9 - the first Turbojet engine completely designed in the USSR
- Junkers Jumo 004 - the world's first production turbojet engine
- Tumansky R-11 - a turbojet engine
- Tumansky R-13 - a turbojet engine designed by Sergei Alekseevich Gavrilov
- Tumansky R-15 - an axial flow, single shaft afterburning turbojet
- Tumansky R-25 - a turbojet engine, the ultimate development of the Tumansky R-11
Awards
- Hero of Socialist Labor (1957)
- Lenin Prize winner (1957)
- Gospremii of the USSR (1946)
- Honorary Citizen Kuybyshev (1982)
- Order of Lenin (4 times)
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Star