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Vladimir Petlyakov

1891 - 1942

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Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петляко́в; 15 June 1891 – 12 January 1942) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer. Petlyakov was born in 1891 in Sambek, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (now Neklinovsky District, Rostov Oblast), where his father served as a local official. After graduating from the Technical College in Taganrog (now "Taganrog Petlyakov Aviation College", Таганрогский авиационный колледж им. В. М. Петлякова) in 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Petlyakov is the 212th most popular engineer (down from 202nd in 2019), the 1,261st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,244th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Russian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Vladimir Petlyakov ranks 212 out of 389. Before him are William Playfair, Emily Warren Roebling, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Michele Besso, Robert Maillart, and Émile Levassor. After him are Michel Chevalier, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Semyon Lavochkin, Charles Renard, André Waterkeyn, and Harvey Postlethwaite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Vladimir Petlyakov ranks 167. Before him are Princess Pilar of Bavaria, E. A. Dupont, Ted Meredith, Victoria Kent, R. Norris Williams, and Ken Huszagh. After him are Sam Jaffe, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Edward Bernard Raczyński, Fréhel, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Alberto Savinio. Among people deceased in 1942, Vladimir Petlyakov ranks 147. Before him are Juhan Kukk, Xiao Hong, Gerard Philips, Natalya Kovshova, Fritz Platten, and Charlie Christian. After him are Kiyoura Keigo, Elmer Niklander, Herbert Selpin, Símun av Skarði, Łucja Frey, and Constantin Henriquez.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Petlyakov ranks 1,261 out of 3,761. Before him are Victor Pelevin (1962), Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), Boris Volynov (1934), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), and Kaj Franck (1911). After him are Dmitry Karbyshev (1880), Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941), Vladimir Makovsky (1846), and Semyon Lavochkin (1900).

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Among ENGINEERS In Russia

Among engineers born in Russia, Vladimir Petlyakov ranks 27. Before him are Alexei Tupolev (1925), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Alexander Lodygin (1847), Vasily Mishin (1917), and Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921). After him are Semyon Lavochkin (1900), Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), Mikhail Simonov (1929), Nikolay Kamov (1902), and Alexander Mikulin (1895).

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