Josef Kotin
Josef(alsoJozef,sometimesZhozef)Yakovlevich Kotin(Russian:Жозеф Яковлевич Котин;10 March 1908,Pavlohrad– 21 October 1979,Leningrad) was aSovietarmored vehicle design engineer, Head of all three Leningrad armor design bureaux (1937–39), Chief Designer of the Narkomat for Tank Industry (1939-1941), DeputyNarkomfor the tank industry of theSoviet Union(1941-1943), Director of theVNII-100Research Institute atKirov Plant,Deputy Defense Industry Minister of the Soviet Union 1968–1972.[1][2]He is best known for leading the design of some of theKliment Voroshilov tanks,IS tank family,T-10 tank,SU-152 self-propelled heavy howitzer,Kirovets K-700tractor and many other armored vehicles and heavy machinery.[1]
He received the title ofHero of Socialist Labour(1941) and fourStalin Prizes(1941, 1943, 1946 and 1948).[1]He was married to Nataliya Poklonova, who was an engineer with the RKKA UMM (Soviet army office of motorization and Mechanization).[3]
References
[edit]- ^abc"Котин Жозеф Яковлевич".Warheroes.
- ^"Joseph Kotin - a Prominent Designer of Armored | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".
- ^Forczyk, Robert, Panzerjager vs. KV-1, p.13, Osprey, 2012
- 1908 births
- 1979 deaths
- 20th-century Russian engineers
- People from Pavlohrad
- People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Academic staff of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Sixth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class
- Tank designers
- Weapon designers from the Soviet Union
- Soviet colonel generals
- Soviet mechanical engineers
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery