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Ivan Polzunov

1728 - 1766

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Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov (Russian: Иван Иванович Ползунов 1728 – May 27, 1766 n.s.) was a Russian inventor. He created the first steam engine in Russia and the first two-cylinder engine in the world. Minor planet 1978SP7 is named in his honor, as is a crater on the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Polzunov is the 344th most popular inventor (down from 327th in 2019), the 1,847th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,790th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ivan Polzunov ranks 344 out of 426. Before him are André Blondel, Henry Shrapnel, Edward Lawry Norton, David Dunbar Buick, William Fothergill Cooke, and Sven Gustaf Wingqvist. After him are John Wilkinson, Joseph Timchenko, Prokop Diviš, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Henry M. Leland, and Thomas Wedgwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1728, Ivan Polzunov ranks 31. Before him are Shah Alam II, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Johann Gerhard König, Pietro Verri, and Maria Angela Ardinghelli. After him are John Wilkinson, Thomas Warton, Caesar Rodney, and Mercy Otis Warren. Among people deceased in 1766, Ivan Polzunov ranks 19. Before him are Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Dominikus Zimmermann, Jacques Aved, François-Jean de la Barre, and Jane Colden.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Polzunov ranks 1,847 out of 3,761. Before him are Jorma Valkama (1928), Alexandr Romankov (1953), Efrem Zimbalist (1889), Shlomo Mintz (1957), Vladimir Makanin (1937), and Matvey Kazakov (1738). After him are Viktor Sidyak (1943), Nina Andreyeva (1938), Sergey Melikov (1965), Aleksandr Belyavsky (1932), Dimitri Arakishvili (1873), and Mikhail Matyushin (1861).

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Among INVENTORS In Russia

Among inventors born in Russia, Ivan Polzunov ranks 13. Before him are Lucien Olivier (1838), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), Oleg Losev (1903), Ivan Kulibin (1735), and Rostislav Alexeyev (1916).

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