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Rostislav Alexeyev

1916 - 1980

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Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev (Russian: Ростисла́в Евге́ньевич Алексе́ев; December 18, 1916 – February 9, 1980) was a Russian Soviet Director & Chief of Design known for his pioneering work on hydrofoil ships and ground-effect vehicles. Alexeyev was an accomplished designer of hydrofoil ships, such as the Raketa, and became a prominent developer of ground-effect vehicles, particularly the Caspian Sea Monster and the A-90 Orlyonok. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rostislav Alexeyev is the 314th most popular inventor (up from 329th in 2019), the 1,649th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,804th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Rostislav Alexeyev ranks 314 out of 426. Before him are Štefan Banič, Wilhelm Bauer, Paul von Jankó, Wilson Greatbatch, Abraham Darby I, and Whitcomb L. Judson. After him are Kenjiro Takayanagi, Almon Brown Strowger, Walter Bruch, John Shepherd-Barron, Nils Bohlin, and Didi Senft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Rostislav Alexeyev ranks 206. Before him are Nancye Wynne Bolton, Einar Englund, Evelyn Keyes, Bernard Heuvelmans, Franco Fabrizi, and Lou Thesz. After him are Arie van Vliet, Runer Jonsson, Dinah Shore, Van Johnson, John D. MacDonald, and Sudirman. Among people deceased in 1980, Rostislav Alexeyev ranks 201. Before him are Aleksander Ford, Zezé Procópio, Jacob Talmon, Maurice Genevoix, Pedro Vallana, and Alexander Nesmeyanov. After him are Marion Zinderstein, Vladimír Holan, Ilie Subășeanu, Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Humberto Tozzi, and Helmut Käutner.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rostislav Alexeyev ranks 1,649 out of 3,761. Before him are Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), Zainab Biisheva (1908), Mikhail Zharov (1899), Marfa Apraksina (1664), Natalya Seleznyova (1945), and Anatoli Firsov (1941). After him are Eduard Malofeyev (1942), Boris Markov (1924), Agnes Miegel (1879), Aleksandre Chivadze (1955), Eugene Kaspersky (1965), and Galina Starovoytova (1946).

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Among INVENTORS In Russia

Among inventors born in Russia, Rostislav Alexeyev ranks 12. Before him are Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Lucien Olivier (1838), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), Oleg Losev (1903), and Ivan Kulibin (1735). After him are Ivan Polzunov (1728).

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