Pavel Sukhoi

Pavel Sukhoi
Pavel Sukhoi
Павел Сухой
	Sukhoi on a 2020 stamp of Belarus
Born	22 July 1895; Hlybokaye, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	15 September 1975 (aged 80); Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russia/Belarusian ; Soviet Union (after 1922)
Occupation	Engineer
Spouse	Sofia Tenchinskaya (1895-1982)
	Engineering career
Discipline	Aeronautical Engineering
Employer(s)	Sukhoi Design Bureau

Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi^[2] (Russian: Па́вел О́сипович Сухо́й; Belarusian: Па́вел Во́сіпавіч Сухі́, Paviel Vosipavič Suchi; 22 July 1895 – 15 September 1975) was a Soviet aerospace engineer and aircraft designer known as the founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau.^[3] Sukhoi designed military aircraft with Tupolev and Sukhoi for 50 years, and produced many notable Soviet planes such as the Sukhoi Su-7, Su-17, and Su-24. His planes set two altitude world records (1959, 1962) and two world speed records (1960, 1962). Sukhoi was honored in the Soviet Union as a Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded the Order of Lenin three times.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Сухой Павел Осипович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
^ Variously romanized as Sukhoy, Sukhoj
^ Central Museum of the Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation

[bse-1] Сухой Павел Осипович. Great Soviet Encyclopedia

[2] Variously romanized as Sukhoy, Sukhoj

[3] Central Museum of the Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation

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