Friedrich Zander
Sign in to saveAlso known as Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander, T︠S︡ander, F. A. (Fridrikh Arturovich), 1887-1933
Russian and Soviet engineer, rocket designer (1887-1933)
Key facts
- Born
- 23 August [ O.S. 11 August ] 1887 , Riga , Governorate of Livonia , Russian Empire
- Died
- 28 March 1933 (1933-03-28) (aged 45) , Kislovodsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Alma mater
- Riga Technical University
- Fields
- Astronautics
- Institutions
- Moscow Aviation Institute
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Friedrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Riga
- Place of death
- Kislovodsk
- Employer
- Moscow Aviation Institute
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Russian
- Field of work
- astronautics
- Image
- Friedrich Tsander.jpg
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- name in native language
- Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 1933-03-28
- Commons category
- Friedrich Zander
- date of birth
- 1887-08-23
- P8168
- Wibbling Rivalry
- cause of death
- typhoid fever
- place of burial
- Kislovodsk
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Encyclopedic overview
Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander (also Tsander; Russian: Фри́дрих Арту́рович Ца́ндер, romanized: Fridrikh Arturovich Tsander; Latvian: Frīdrihs Canders; 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1887 – 28 March 1933) was a Russian and Soviet pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight, of Baltic German descent. He designed the first liquid-fueled rocket to be launched in the Soviet Union, GIRD-X, and made many important theoretical contributions to the road to space.
Biography
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