Kosmin I. V. Portrait of the Lieutenant General of Aviation Andrei Tupolev

Kosmin I. V.

1882, Slepukha, Yelets District, Oryol Province — 1973, Leningrad

Portrait of the Lieutenant General of Aviation Andrei Tupolev

1950

oil on canvas. 140 x 90
Ж-6026
Received in 1954 via the Ministry of Culture of the USSR, Moscow

Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 206
Period Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords 1945-1991 | Soviet Art | male portrait | Servicemen | headdress | military clothing
Virtual exhibitions and 3d-tours
- The Great Patriotic War
- The 100th Anniversary of the USSR
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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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