1882, Slepukha, Yelets District, Oryol Province — 1973, Leningrad
Portrait of the Lieutenant General of Aviation Andrei Tupolev
1950
- Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle, Room 206 Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
- Period Early 20th century
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Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (1888–1972), Soviet aeroplane builder, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953), three-times Hero of Socialist Labour (1945, 1957, 1972) and General Commanding Engineer (1968). Winner of the Stalin Prize (1943, 1948, 1949, 1952), the Lenin Prize (1957) and the State Prize (1972). Tupolev designed more than 100 types of aircrafts, including the airliners of TU-models that bear his name.
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