Andrei Tupolev

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Soviet scientist aerospace engineer aircraft designer human

Andrei Tupolev was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer who led the development of numerous influential military and civilian airplanes, making him one of the most important figures in aviation history.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet scientist → aerospace engineer → aircraft designer → human →
awardReceived	Hero of Socialist Labour → Lenin Prize → Order of Lenin → Order of Suvorov → Order of the Red Banner of Labour → Order of the Red Star → Stalin Prize →
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
dateOfBirth	1888-11-10 →
dateOfDeath	1972-12-23 →
educatedAt	Imperial Moscow Technical School →
employer	Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute → Tupolev Design Bureau →
familyName	Tupolev →
fieldOfWork	aeronautical engineering → aircraft design →
fullName	Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev →
givenName	Andrei →
hasNamedAfter	Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation’s Tupolev Institute → Tupolev Design Bureau →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	Academy of Sciences of the USSR → Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
nativeName	Андрей Николаевич Туполев →
notableAchievement	led development of key Soviet strategic bombers during the Cold War → oversaw design of early Soviet jet airliners → pioneered all-metal aircraft construction in the Soviet Union →
notableWork	Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky → Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner → Tupolev Tu-114 airliner → Tupolev Tu-134 airliner → Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner → Tupolev Tu-16 bomber → Tupolev Tu-2 bomber → Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber → Tupolev Tu-22 bomber → Tupolev Tu-22M bomber → Tupolev Tu-4 bomber →
placeOfBirth	Pustomazovo, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire →
placeOfDeath	Moscow, Soviet Union →
positionHeld	deputy director of Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute → head of Tupolev Design Bureau →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Moscow →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tupolev Tu-114 → Tupolev Tu-2 → Tupolev Tu-4 →	designer
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky → Tupolev Tu-144 ("Alexei Tupolev") →	designedBy
Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation’s Tupolev Institute → Tupolev →	namedAfter
Imperial Moscow Technical School → Imperial Moscow Technical School ("aviation pioneer Andrei Tupolev") →	notableAlumni
Novodevichy Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 →	designBureau
Imperial Moscow Technical School →	educated
Andrei Tupolev ("Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev") →	fullName
Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation’s Tupolev Institute →	namesake
Andrei Tupolev ("Андрей Николаевич Туполев") →	nativeName
Kremlin Wall Necropolis →	notableBurial
Stalin Prize →	notableRecipient