Biography of Alexander Blagonravov

Soviet and Russian scientist, designer, major general of the engineering and technical service, honored science and technology figure of the Russian Federation, honorary citizen of the Kurgan region and the city of Kurgan. Alexander Blagonravov was born on May 24 of the year in the family of designer armored vehicles, laureate of the Stalin Prize Alexander Ivanovich Blagonravov in the city of Moscow.

In the year he entered the Engineering Department of the Military Academy of Armored Troops. During his studies, he became interested in science and remained at the Academy as a junior researcher, then successfully defended his thesis on the theory of turning the caterpillar machines. In the year he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Basilly Mechanical transfers." In - gg.

In the year, by the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Alexander Alexandrovich Blagonravov was sent to the Kurgan and appointed to the post of chief designer of the Kurgan Machine -Building Plant - the only enterprise in the country specializing in the production of easily armored equipment. Under the leadership of Blagonravov, it was significantly finalized, adopted in the year and put on serial production a combat vehicle of infantry under the BMP-2 index, which was successfully used in Afghanistan.

The main achievement of the design of Alexander Blagonravov was the creation of a fundamentally new one, which has high combat efficiency of no analogues abroad, the BMP-3 infantry, adopted by the year. She received the highest assessment among cars of this category at the international exhibition and began to be sold abroad: to Indonesia, Venezuela, the UAE, South Korea and other countries.

From a year until the end of his life, Alexander Alexandrovich taught at the Kurgan Machine -Building Institute, and then at the Kurgan State University at the department of caterpillar machines. Blagonravov A. Professor Blagonravov created a scientific school in the field of theory, calculation and construction of transport machines, prepared 2 doctors and 14 candidates of technical sciences, was a member of the Academic Council of the Kurgan State University, a member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Special Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering of the Tractor Plants, the main scientific employee of the department of transport machines of the Urals department Academy of Sciences.

In the year, Alexander Blagonravov was awarded the honorary title “Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation”, he was awarded the orders of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, Honor, is an honorary citizen of the Kurgan region and the city of Kurgan.

Alexander Alexandrovich Blagonravov died on January 1 of the year in Kurgan. Blagonravova opened a bas -relief with his image. Literature: Amur, V. Professionals: Information and Biographical Collection. Golovina, A. Under the heading secret. When compiling a local history calendar, materials from the funds of the GBUK "Kurgan Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Yugov ”, as well as from open sources on the Internet.

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