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Boris Chertok

1912 - 2011

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Boris Yevseyevich Chertok (Russian: Бори́с Евсе́евич Черто́к; 14 March [O.S. 1 March] 1912 – 14 December 2011) was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos. Major responsibility under his guidance was primarily based on computerized control system of the Russian missiles and rocketry system, and authored the four-volume book Rockets and People– the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program. From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the Korolev design bureau, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1946. He retired in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Chertok is the 281st most popular engineer (down from 268th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 930th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Boris Chertok ranks 281 out of 389. Before him are Erwin Komenda, Hendrik Wade Bode, Arkhip Lyulka, Émile Lemoine, Mikhail Tikhonravov, and Rudy Van Gelder. After him are Oskar von Miller, Pierre-François Bouchard, Eugene Polley, Friedrich L. Bauer, Charles Joseph Minard, and Christopher Cockerell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Boris Chertok ranks 278. Before him are George Devol, Anton Buttigieg, Maksim Tank, Wálter Guevara, Martha Mödl, and Saadat Hasan Manto. After him are Alexander Mackendrick, John Templeton, Frank Thomas, Tibor Berczelly, György Szűcs, and Annemarie Heinrich. Among people deceased in 2011, Boris Chertok ranks 293. Before him are Jean Tabary, Seve Ballesteros, Joanna Russ, Moacyr Scliar, Gil Scott-Heron, and Stig Sundqvist. After him are Nate Dogg, Sakyo Komatsu, Clemar Bucci, Nusrat Bhutto, Vittorio De Seta, and Ilmar Kullam.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Boris Chertok ranks 972 out of 1,694. Before him are Daniel Harrwitz (1823), Jakub Wujek (1541), Eugene Lazowski (1913), Johannes Thiele (1865), Bogusław Linda (1952), and Sawa (1938). After him are Sam Warner (1887), Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Mordecai Ardon (1896), Kazimierz Barburski (1942), Marek Hłasko (1934), and Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891).

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Among ENGINEERS In Poland

Among engineers born in Poland, Boris Chertok ranks 10. Before him are Józef Bem (1794), Kurt Tank (1898), Henryk Dembiński (1791), Johannes Winkler (1897), Walter Thiel (1910), and Konstantin Kalinin (1887).

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