Valery Victorovich Ryumin was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov was a Russian-born Soviet cosmonaut who served as the flight engineer on Soyuz 22 and Soyuz T-2.
Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI;Russian:Московскийавиационныйинститут,МАИ) is one of the major engineering institutes in Moscow,Russia. Since its inception MAI has been spearheading advances in aerospace technology both within Russia and worldwide. The university laid emphasis on laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering,specific to the demands of aerospace industry.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984,he was Chief of the General Staff of the USSR. He became widely known in the West when he became the Soviet military's spokesman following the shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Moneron Island in September 1983. He was dismissed as Chief of the General Staff on 6 September 1984.
Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev was a Russian engineer and later politician who was the leading figure in the Soviet Union's missile and space program. He was the Minister of General Machine Building (1965–1983).
JSC V.V. Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design is a joint stock company,one of the Russian enterprises in the development of weaponry control systems for fighter planes and mobile medium range anti-aircraft SAM defence vehicles.
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology is a Russian engineering and scientific research institute founded on May 13,1946. The institute is located in the Otradnoye District in the north of Moscow.
There existed an evolved system of military education in the Soviet Union that covered a wide range of ages. The Soviet Armed Forces had many tri-service educational opportunities as well as educational institutions for the Soviet Ground Forces,the Air Forces,and the Navy. The Soviet Border Troops,the KGB and the Internal Troops also maintained service academies.
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin,was a Soviet physicist who was one of the senior chief designers of nuclear discharges of the Soviet nuclear weapons.
Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov was a Russian aerospace engineer who founded the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center.
Vladimir Fyodorovich Utkin was a Russian engineer and rocket scientist in the Soviet Union. He developed railcar-launched ICBM RT-23 Molodets and other Soviet rockets.
Aleksandr Davidovich Nadiradze was a Soviet engineer of Georgian ethnicity who was instrumental in militarization of the former Soviet space program.
Victor Vasilievitch Tikhomirov was a Soviet engineer and scientist in the fields of radio electronics and automation. He was a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences,three times a laureate of the Stalin Prize,and was awarded two Orders of Lenin and other orders and medals. He led development of the first full radar system in the USSR.
Leonid Vasilyevich Smirnov was a Soviet statesman. He served as a director of the missile factory at Dnipropetrovsk in the late 1950s,developing strategic missiles for the USSR's defense. In March 1963 he became Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers,reporting to Minister of Defence Dmitriy Ustinov.
The Order of Lenin was an award named after Vladimir Lenin,the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The order was awarded to:
Gennady Maksimovich Khodyrev is a Soviet and Russian statesman,former Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Minister for Antimonopoly Policy.
Lev Abramovich Loktev was a Soviet artillery designer and served as the chief designer at Mikhail Kalinin Plant No.8 in Podlipki,now part of Korolyov,Moscow Oblast.
Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbakov (1909–1985) was a Soviet economist and politician,Rector (director) of the Moscow Institute of Finance (1953–1985),PhD in Economics,professor,member of the Supreme Council of the USSR of the 3rd convocation (1950–1954).
Reactive Scientific Research Institute was one of the first Soviet research and development institutions to focus on rocket technology. RNII developed the Katyusha rocket launcher and its research and development were very important for later achievements of the Soviet rocket and space programs.
Konstantin Nikolaevich Rudnev was a Soviet politician who held various cabinet and public posts. He was the long-term minister of instrument making,automated equipment,and control systems between 1965 and 1980. He played a significant role in the Soviet missile and space programs.
