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Dmitrii Kozlov

Soviet aerospace engineer (1919–2009)

Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov (Russian: Дмитрий Ильич Козлов; 1 October 1919, Tikhoretsk – 7 March 2009, Samara) was a Russian aerospace engineer who founded the Progress Rocket Space Center, the developer and manufacturer of the Soyuz family of rockets.²

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Born Oct 1, 1919, died Mar 7, 2009.¹

About

Kozlov fought the Nazis in the Second World War, losing his left arm. In the 1950s he worked under Sergey Korolyov and was in charge of designing the R-7 missile, the design of which would become the basis of the Soyuz rocket. 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).

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Companies

Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space CenterFounder¹²

Early life and education

1945Baltic State Technical University³
1946Bauman Moscow State Technical University³

Early life

Kozlov was born on October 1, 1919, in the village of Tikhoretskaya in the Caucasian Department of the Kuban Region (now Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia). His father worked in railway transport so he moved schools frequently. He studied in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Novorossiyk and finally graduating from high school in Pyatigorsk in 1937. He'd hoped to be a sailor, but was not accepted into naval school due to his poor eyesight.In 1937 he enrolled the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute until his fifth year when he enrolled in the Leningrad People's Militia in 1941 on the outbreak of World War II.

Further education

After Dmitri returned to the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute, he graduated in December 1945. In 1946, he studied at a special course at the Moscow Higher Technical School. In June 1946, he worked as part of a technical commission to study the captured rocket technology from Germany when he met Sergey Korolyov.

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Career

Occupation: university teacher, chief executive officer, engineer.^{5 7}

Date not recordedWorked at S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at Samara State Aerospace University^{4 5}
Date not recordedFounded Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center⁶

Military career

While in the Leningrad Peoples Militia, he was wounded in August 1941 in the battles near Luha. After recovering from his wounds, he enlisted in the Red Army's 165th Construction Battalion of the 2nd Shock Army on the Volkhov Front. He became a second lieutenant in November 1943 and by the end of 1943, he was the platoon commander of the 71st Separate Marine Rifle Brigade. During the Leningrad-Novgorod offensive operation (January–February 1944), he was seriously wounded for a second time. During the Vyborg offensive operation on July 12, 1944, he lost his left arm. In September 1944, he was finally demobilized for his disabilities, so he returned to his education.

Work

In May 1946, he worked at Plant No. 88 of the Ministry of Armament of the USSR in Kaliningrad on the development of long-range guided ballistic missiles. Starting in June 1951, he worked at OKB-1 of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Defense Equipment in Kaliningrad where he became the lead designer of the R-5 ballistic missile and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile: the R-7. In April 1958, he became the Deputy Chief Designer of OKB-1 responsible for the mass production of the R-7 missile in Kuibyshev. In January 1961, Kozlov led the design of the first two stages of what would become the launch vehicle of the Vostok spacecraft, which enabled Yuri Gagarin to make the world's first human flight to outer space.After 1967, Dmitri led the development of a number of Soviet satellites that studied ecology, mapping and space research. From 1983, he was the Central Specialized Design Bureau head and general designer. In 1996, he was the General Designer of the Progress program.He retired in 2003.

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Personal life

BornOct 1, 1919, Tikhoretsk^{5 8}
DiedMar 7, 2009, Samara^{5 9}
CitizenshipRussia^{5 10}

Awards

1996Korolev Gold Medal¹¹
1994Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class¹¹
1994State Prize of the Russian Federation¹¹
1992Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR¹¹
1989Merited industrial worker of the USSR¹¹
1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class¹¹
1983USSR State Prize^{5 11}
1979"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal¹¹
1979Hero of Socialist Labour¹¹
1979Order of Lenin¹¹

More awards (26)

1976USSR State Prize^{5 11}
1971Order of the October Revolution¹¹
1961"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal¹¹
1961Order of Lenin¹¹
1960Order of Lenin¹¹
1957Lenin Prize¹¹
1956Order of Lenin¹¹
1944Order of the Red Star¹¹
Date not recordedHero of Socialist Labour¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedJubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Defence of Leningrad"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "Veteran of Labour"¹¹
Date not recordedRussian Federation Government Certificate of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude¹¹
Date not recordedVDNKh gold medal¹¹

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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov on Wikidata
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WikipediaDmitrii Kozlov on Wikipedia
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: Worked at S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, as reported
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: Founded Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center, on Wikidata
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataDmitrii Kozlov: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataProgress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsDmitrii Kozlov photo by Роман Грамотенко, CC BY-SA 4.0

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