Semyon Lavochkin
@semyonlavochkin
Jewish Soviet aerospace engineer (1900-1960)
Building OKB-301 as Founder
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1900–1960
- Educated at
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University · Kursk Men's Gymnasium
About
Semyon Lavochkin (1900–1960) was a military flight engineer and inventor. They were born in Smolensk. They studied at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. They served as deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
In context
OKB-301 was founded in 1937 and closed in 1960, after 23 years. Among the 8 other aircraft industry companies founded in the 1930s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 25 years, so this one closed earlier than most.
Contribution
Semyon's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.