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Also known as Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev

Russian and Soviet aerospace engineer (1888-1972)

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Andrei Tupolev (1888–1972) was a Russian and Soviet engineer, politician, businessperson, and aircraft pilot. He served as a colonel general and was affiliated with the Tupolev design bureau and the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. Tupolev was a student of Nikolay Zhukovsky and graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University. He participated in the Eastern Front conflict and held membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.

Tupolev received several honors, including the USSR State Prize, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, and the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class. He was an independent politician who spoke Russian. His son was Alexei Tupolev. He died in Moscow and is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.

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Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Туполев; 10 November [O.S. 29 October] 1888 – 23 December 1972) was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.

Tupolev was an early pioneer of aeronautics in Russia and served as a protégé of Nikolay Zhukovsky. Tupolev designed or oversaw the design of more than 100 types of civilian and military aircraft in the Soviet Union over 50 years, some of which set 78 world records. Tupolev produced many notable designs such as the Tu-2, Tu-16, Tu-95, and Tu-104, and the reverse engineered Tu-4.

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