Dmitri Ilyich Kozlov

Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov (1 October 1919, Tikhoretsk – March 7, 2009, Samara) was a Russian aerospace engineer who founded the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center.[1]

Kozlov fought the Nazis in the Second World War, losing his left arm.[2] In the 1950s he worked under Sergey Korolyov and was in charge of designing the R-7 missile. As a leading designer of intercontinental ballistic missiles Kozlov was awarded a Lenin Prize (1957), two USSR State Prizes (1976, 1983), a Russian Federation State Prize (1994) and was named a Hero of Socialist Labour on two occasions (1961, 1979).[3]

See also

Literature
  • "Rockets and people" – B. E. Chertok, M: "mechanical engineering", 1999. ISBN 5-217-02942-0 (in Russian);
  • A.I. Ostashev, Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov - The Genius of the 20th Century — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL ISBN 978-5-8135-0510-2.
  • "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 ISBN 978-5-906674-04-3

References
  1. "Скончался бывший генконструктор "ЦСКБ-Прогресс" Дмитрий Козлов". Gazeta.ru. 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  2. "Козлов Дмитрий Ильич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. "Козлов Дмитрий Ильич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2020-05-15.


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