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Oleg Antonov
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Soviet aeroplane designer (1906-1984)
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Oleg Antonov (1906–1984) was a Russian aerospace engineer, inventor, politician, and university teacher. He served as a full professor and worked for the Yakovlev and Antonov organizations. Antonov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. His fields of work included design engineering, mechanics, structural robustness, and flying machines. He participated in the Eastern Front conflict.
Antonov was educated at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He received several awards, including the Hero of Socialist Labour, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, and the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
He was married to Elizaveta Shahkhatuni. Antonov died in Kyiv and was buried in Baikove Cemetery.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Russia
- Active from
- 1945-02-19
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading
· 2009 · cited 33,764x
- <i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
· 2009 · cited 31,442x
- Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces
· 2008 · cited 11,225x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
· 2020 · cited 8,235x
- Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in
<i>Phenix</i>
· 2019 · cited 7,458x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-02-07 ) 7 February 1906, Troitsy, Russia
- Died
- 4 April 1984 (1984-04-04) (aged 78), Kiev , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
- Alma mater
- Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (1930)
- Occupations
- scientist engineer aircraft pilot
- Years active
- 1924–1984
- Known for
- Antonov aircraft designer
- Title
- Doctor of Science Professor
- Spouse
- Elizaveta Shahkhatuni
- Awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1966) Stalin Prize (1952) Lenin Prize (1962)
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Encyclopedic overview
Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (7 February 1906 – 4 April 1984) was a Soviet aeroplane designer. He founded the Research and Design Bureau No. 153 (OKB-153) in Novosibirsk, which was moved to Ukraine in 1952 and is now called Antonov in his honor. Antonov designed a number of Soviet aeroplanes (such as the Antonov An-2, Antonov An-12) and numerous gliders for both civilian and military use.
Early life
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