Friedrich Zander

Also known as Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander, T︠S︡ander, F. A. (Fridrikh Arturovich), 1887-1933

Russian and Soviet engineer, rocket designer (1887-1933)

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Vinony files it under 1887 births, 1933 deaths and 20th-century Latvian inventors.

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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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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
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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.

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