Theorists and early designers of rocketry and spaceflight from Russia and the Soviet Union, from the nineteenth century dreamers to the founders of the Soviet space program. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them Russian or Soviet and ties them to rocketry or space theory. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Wikipedia)
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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (; Russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский Russian pronunciation: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj] ; 17 September [O.S.
Yuri Kondratyuk (Wikipedia)
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Yuri Vasilyevich Kondratyuk (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Кондратюк; Ukrainian: Юрій Васильович Кондратюк), real name Aleksandr Ignatyevich Shargei (Russian: Александр Игнатьевич Шаргей; Ukrainian: Олександр Гнатович Шаргей; 21 June 1897, February 1942), was a Soviet engineer and mathematician.
Robert Esnault-Pelterie (Wikipedia)
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He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Chinese Qian Xuesen, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Wernher von Braun and the American Robert H.
Mstislav Keldysh - Wikipedia
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Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (Russian: Мстисла́в Все́володович Ке́лдыш; 10 February [O.S.
Nikolai Kibalchich (Wikipedia)
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich (19 October 1853, April 3, 1881) was a Russian revolutionary and rocket pioneer of Serbian origin who took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II as the main explosive expert for Narodnaya Volya.
Wikipedia: Friedrich Zander
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Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander (also Tsander; Russian: Фри́дрих Арту́рович Ца́ндер, romanized: Fridrikh Arturovich Tsander; Latvian: Frīdrihs Canders; 23 August [O.S.
Mikhail Tikhonravov (Wikipedia)
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Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov (29 July 1900-3 March 1974) was a Soviet engineer who was a pioneer of spacecraft design and rocketry.
Nikolai Rynin (Wikipedia)
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Nikolai Alekseevich Rynin (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Рынин; 23 December 1887-28 July 1942) was a Russian civil engineer, teacher, aerospace researcher, author, historian, and promoter of space travel.
Ary Sternfeld (Wikipedia)
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From 1935 until his death he worked in Moscow
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