| Nikolai Dukhov | |
|---|---|
| Николай Духов | |
 Dukhov in 1945 | |
| Born | Nikolai Leonidovich Dukhov November 8 [O.S. October 26] 1904 Vepryk, Gadyachsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 1, 1964(1964-05-01) (aged 59) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Polytechnic University |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour (3) |
Nikolai Leonidovich Dukhov (Russian: Николай Леонидович Духов; 8 November [O.S. 26 October] 1904 – 1 May 1964) was a Soviet designer of cars, tractors, tanks and nuclear weapons.
Biography
Dukhov was working in a tractor factory. In 1926, the factory Komsomol assembly sent him to study in an institute in Kharkiv, followed by a transfer without test to mechanical faculty in the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute to study engineer-design for tractors and cars. He was responsible for designing the Soviet tractors and heavy tanks in the 1930s.
In World War II he was the co-designer (along with Josef Kotin) of the Stalin heavy tank.
In 1948, he was nominated as the assistant to Yulii Khariton, the chief designer of the Soviet atomic bomb. He continued his work on nuclear projects until his death in 1964.
He taught in the Leningrad Road Institute and at mechanical faculty of the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute. He became a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1953).
Awards
- Thrice Hero of Socialist Labour
- Lenin Prize
- Five Stalin Prizes
- Four Orders of Lenin
- Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the Red Star
References
- "ДУХОВ Николай Леонидович". Энциклопедия Челябинск.
- 1904 births
- 1964 deaths
- People from Gadyachsky Uyezd
- Academic staff of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Recipients of the Lenin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Soviet mechanical engineers
- Tank designers
- Weapon designers from the Soviet Union
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery