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Georgy Langemak

1898 - 1938

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Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (8 July [O.S. 26 June] 1898 – 11 January 1938) was a Soviet engineer, working on rocket design applications. He is chiefly remembered for being the co-designer and directing the development of the aircraft unguided rockets, such as the RS-82 and RS-132, which were modified to be used with such success in the Katyusha rocket launchers of World War II. The crater Langemak on the Moon is named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Langemak is the 300th most popular engineer (down from 283rd in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 765th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Georgy Langemak ranks 300 out of 389. Before him are Viktor Kozin, Joseph Bazalgette, Ron Tauranac, Markus Reiner, Frederick Terman, and Alan Shugart. After him are Percy Hobart, Boris Lisunov, Hesham Qandil, Kenneth Nichols, Robert W. Paul, and Georgy Babakin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Georgy Langemak ranks 229. Before him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Mitchell Leisen, Fridrikh Ermler, Karolina Kózka, M. Ageyev, and Eero Berg. After him are Boris Lisunov, Maryse Bastié, Fedde Schurer, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Constance Talmadge, and Mikhail Artamonov. Among people deceased in 1938, Georgy Langemak ranks 192. Before him are Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, André Blondel, Choʻlpon, Rosa Mayreder, Theodor Fischer, and John Derbyshire. After him are Ricardo Samper, Heinrich Held, Jean-Guy Gautier, Albertson Van Zo Post, Phyllis Allen, and Clarence Darrow.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georgy Langemak ranks 787 out of 1,365. Before him are Gregory Breit (1899), Markus Reiner (1886), Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888), Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (1958), Nina Ruslanova (1945), and Yuriy Poyarkov (1937). After him are Mykhaylo Semenko (1892), Ivan Kozlovsky (1900), Nicolas Rossolimo (1910), Wiesław Maniak (1938), Sergei Sviatchenko (1952), and Yurii Andrukhovych (1960).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ukraine

Among engineers born in Ukraine, Georgy Langemak ranks 9. Before him are Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Borys Paton (1918), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), and Markus Reiner (1886). After him are Sergey Volkov (1973).

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