Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
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Native name | Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского |
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Company type | federal state unitary enterprise |
Industry | aerospace |
Founded | 1918 |
Founder | Nikolay Zhukovsky |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Area served | worldwide |
Key people |
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Owner | Russian Federation |
Number of employees | 4,392 (2013) |
Website | tsagi |
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TheCentral Aerohydrodynamic Institute(also (Zhukovsky)Central Institute of Aerodynamics,Russian:Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т, ЦАГИ,romanized:Tsentral'nyy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut,TsAGI) is a Russian national research centre foraviation.It was founded in Moscow by Russian aviation pioneerNikolai Yegorovich Zhukovskyon December 1, 1918.
History
[edit]From 1925 and up to the 1930s, TsAGI developed and hostedTupolev's AGOS (Aviatziya, Gidroaviatziya i Opytnoye Stroitelstvo,the "Aviation, Hydroaviation, and Experimental Construction" ), the first aircraft design bureau in Soviet Union, and at the time the main one.[1]In 1930, two other major aircraft design bureaus in the country were theIlyushin's TsKB (Tsentralnoye Konstruksionnoye Byuromeans "Central Design Bureau" ) and an independent, short-livedKalinin's team inKharkiv.[1]
In 1935 TsAGI was partly relocated to the formerdachasettlementOtdykh(literally, "Relaxation" ) converted to the newurban-type settlementStakhanovo.It was named afterAlexey Stakhanov,a famous Soviet miner. On April 23, 1947, the settlement was granted town status and renamed toZhukovsky.The Moscow branch of the institute is knownMoscow complex of TsAGI.In 1965 in Zhukovsky aDepartment of Aeromechanics and Flight Engineering of MIPTwas established with support of TsAGI's research and knowledge base to educate specialists for aerospace industry.
Among TsAGI's developments are the participation in the rocketEnergiaand theSpace Shuttle Buranprojects.
Heads of the institute
[edit]- 1918–1921:N. Y. Zhukovsky
- 1921–1931:S. A. Chaplygin
- 1932–1937: N. M. Kharlamov
- 1938–1939: M. N. Shulzhenko
- 1940–1941:I. F. Petrov
- 1941–1950: S. N. Shishkin
- 1950–1960: A. I. Makarevsky
- 1960–1967:V. M. Myasishchev
- 1967–1989:G. P. Swischjov
- 1989–1995: G I. Zagaynov
- 1995–1998: V. Ja. Neuland
- 1998–2006: V. G. Dmitriyev
- 2006–2007: V. A. Kargopoltsev
- 2007–2009:S. L. Chernyshev
- 2009–2015: B. S. Aljoshin
- 2015–2018: S. L. Chernyshev
- August 2018–present: K. I. Sypalo
Notable scientists (partial list)
[edit]See alsoCategory:Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute employees
- Sergey Chaplygin
- Anatoly Dorodnitsyn
- Mstislav Keldysh
- Sergei Korolev
- Sergey Khristianovich
- Yuri Ryzhov
- Leonid Shkadov
- Max Taitz
- Vladimir Vetchinkin
References
[edit]- ^abAlbrecht, Ulrich; Nikutta, Randolph (October 1993).The Soviet armaments industry.pp. 15–16.ISBN978-3-7186-5313-3.
External links
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- Research institutes in the Soviet Union
- Aviation in the Soviet Union
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- Federal State Unitary Enterprises of Russia
- Companies based in Moscow Oblast
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