In honor of the 100th anniversary of aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev, his first monument was opened in Moscow
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Andrei Tupolev
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.
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business · Soviet aerospace engineer (1888–1972) · military flight engineer · politician · engineer · businessperson · aircraft pilot · also Andrei Tupolev, Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev, Tupolev
Born 29 October 1888 · Died 23 December 1972 · Q219734
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2022· 1 entry
2018· 2 entries
Vnukovo International Airport was formally renamed to Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport in his honour
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Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow was formally renamed to Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport
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1988· 1 entry
The Soviet Union issued a postage stamp dedicated to Tupolev
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1979· 1 entry
A bust of Tupolev was erected at a public square in Kimry, near his birthplace Pustomazovo which no longer exists
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1973· 1 entry
The Kazan Aviation Institute was named after Tupolev, and a monument of him was erected in Kazan in a public square at the intersection of Dekabristov, Gagarin and Korolev Streets
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1972· 4 entries
Died 1972-12-23.
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1972).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1972).
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Awarded USSR State Prize (1972).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1971).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1968).
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1964).
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1958· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1958).
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Awarded Zhukovsky Prize (1958).
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Won FAI Gold Air Medal (1958).
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1957· 3 entries
Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1957).
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Awarded Lenin Prize (1957).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1957).
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1954· 1 entry
Won Medal "For Battle Merit" (1954).
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1953).
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And a Colonel-General of the Soviet Air Force in 1968
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1952).
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1949).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1948).
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1947· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1947).
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Awarded Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR (1947).
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1945· 4 entries
Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1945).
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Awarded Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1945).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1945).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1945).
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (1944).
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1943).
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1940· 1 entry
Tupolev was tried and convicted with a ten-year sentence, and during this time he developed the Tupolev Tu-2 which would become one of the most important aircraft of World War II
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1939· 1 entry
Tupolev was moved from a prison to an NKVD sharashka for aircraft designers in Bolshevo near Moscow, where many surviving ex-TsAGI people had already been sent to work
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1937· 1 entry
An improved version of the earlier TB-1, the four-engined TB-3, made a landing at the North Pole
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1936).
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1933· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1933).
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Awarded Order of the Red Star (1933).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1933).
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1926· 2 entries
Awarded Hero of Labour (1926).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1926).
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1925· 1 entry
Tupolev designed a twin-engine bomber, the TB-1, which was considered one of the most advanced designs of the time
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1918· 2 entries
Studied at Bauman Moscow State Technical University (1908–1918).
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And was awarded the degree of Engineer-Mechanic when he presented his thesis on the development of seaplanes
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1914· 1 entry
Studying during World War I and the Russian Revolution
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1911· 1 entry
Tupolev was accused of taking part in revolutionary activities, including demonstrations and distribution of subversive literature, and was arrested
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1910· 1 entry
Together with his workshop friends, Tupolev built and test piloted his first glider
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1909· 1 entry
Tupolev began studying aerodynamics under the Russian aviation pioneer Nikolay Zhukovsky, and volunteered for the Aeronautical workshop (Kruzhok) headed by Zhukovsky
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-10-29.
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