1. Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey or Chelomei was a Soviet engineer and designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union.
18 Facts About Vladimir Chelomey
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Vladimir Chelomey invented the first Soviet pulse jet engine and was responsible for developing the world's first anti-ship cruise missiles and the ICBM program of the Soviet Union such as the UR-100, UR-200, UR-500 and UR-700.
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When Vladimir Chelomey was 12 years old, the family moved again to Kyiv.
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In 1932, Vladimir Chelomey was admitted to the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where he showed himself as a student with outstanding talent.
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Vladimir Chelomey attended lectures by Tullio Levi-Civita in the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences.
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Namely in this time Vladimir Chelomey became interested in mechanics and in the theory of oscillations and remained interested the rest of his life.
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On 9 October 1944, following a decision by the USSR State Defense Committee and People's Commissar for Aviation Industry Alexey Shakhurin, Vladimir Chelomey was appointed the Director and Chief Designer of Plant N51.
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Vladimir Chelomey was to design, build, and test the first Soviet cruise missile as soon as possible.
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In 1955, Vladimir Chelomey was appointed the Chief Designer of the OKB-52, where he continued to work on cruise missiles.
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Vladimir Chelomey continued his scientific research, earning a doctorate in science from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School.
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Vladimir Chelomey's OKB was part of the General Machine-Building Ministry headed by Sergey Afanasyev.
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In 1959, Vladimir Chelomey was appointed the Chief Designer of Aviation Equipment.
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In 1962, Vladimir Chelomey became an Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Mechanics Department.
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Vladimir Chelomey became Sergey Korolev's internal competitor in the "Moon race".
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Vladimir Chelomey proposed that the powerful UR-500 be used to launch a small two-man craft on a lunar flyby, and managed to gain support for his proposal by employing Nikita Khrushchev's son, Sergei Khrushchev.
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Vladimir Chelomey claimed the UR-500 could be used to launch a military space station.
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Vladimir Chelomey died in Moscow on 8 December 1984 at the age of 70, suffering a fatal stroke while on the phone with his wife.
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Vladimir Chelomey had been admitted to the hospital three days prior after breaking his leg in his dacha.