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Nikolay Makarov

1914 - 1988

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Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров; 22 May [O.S. 9 May] 1914 – 13 May 1988) was a Soviet firearms designer, most notable for his Makarov pistol. He was given the title Hero of Socialist Labour in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Makarov is the 272nd most popular engineer (down from 207th in 2019), the 1,677th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,262nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Nikolay Makarov ranks 272 out of 389Before him are Konstantin Kalinin, Alexander Mikulin, Aron Ralston, Ernest Goüin, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, and Butler Lampson. After him are Frances Spence, Jean-Augustin Barral, Erwin Komenda, Hendrik Wade Bode, Arkhip Lyulka, and Émile Lemoine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Nikolay Makarov ranks 269Before him are Jeff Corey, Adolf Urban, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Kaisa Parviainen, Robert R. Wilson, and Jaap Bakema. After him are Henri Laborit, Leabua Jonathan, Fumio Hayasaka, William Castle, Krishan Chander, and Helen Johns. Among people deceased in 1988, Nikolay Makarov ranks 166Before him are Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Louise Nevelson, Wilfred Jackson, Andrei Glanzmann, Brigitte Horney, and Alan Paton. After him are Francisco Rodrigues, Anatoly Levchenko, Mildred Gillars, Margaret Mee, Jenő Vincze, and Aleksei Losev.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Makarov ranks 1,677 out of 3,761Before him are Sergei Sukhoruchenkov (1956), Ivan Shmelyov (1873), Karen Shakhnazarov (1952), Sophia Parnok (1885), Nikolai Kryuchkov (1911), and Eugene Lanceray (1875). After him are Aristarkh Belopolsky (1854), Olena Apanovych (1919), Yevgeny Yevstigneyev (1926), Roman Vishniac (1897), Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874), and Aleksei Arbuzov (1908).

Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Nikolay Makarov ranks 34Before him are Semyon Lavochkin (1900), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), Mikhail Simonov (1929), Nikolay Kamov (1902), and Alexander Mikulin (1895). After him are Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900), Viktor Kozin (1953), Boris Lisunov (1898), Georgy Babakin (1914), Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902), and Marina Popovich (1931).