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Alexandr Yakovlev
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Soviet aeronautical engineer, aircraft designer and founder of the Yakovlev Design Bureau (1906–1989)
Key facts
- Born
- 1 April [ O.S. 19 March ] 1906, Moscow , Russian Empire
- Died
- 22 August 1989 (1989-08-22) (aged 83), Moscow , Soviet Union
- Parent
- Nina Vladimirovna
- Discipline
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Employer
- Yakovlev design bureau
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Family name
- Yakovlev
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Educated at
- Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Aircraft designer Yakovlev by Avvakumov.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of death
- 1989-08-22
- date of birth
- 1906-03-19
- member of
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Commons category
- Aleksandr Yakovlev
- different from
- Alexander Yakovlev
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев; 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1906 – 22 August 1989) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer. He designed the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau. Yakovlev joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1938.
Biography
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