Pavel Sukhoi, whose biography is described in this article, is a famous aircraft designer of the USSR. He stood at the very origins of the development of aviation in the Soviet Union. He had great engineering intuition. Pavel was distinguished by his ability to find new solutions and work on various problems that arise in aviation.
Childhood
Pavel Sukhoi was born on July 22, 1895 in Belarus, in the Vilna province, in the village of Glubokoe. Father, Osip Andreevich, was a peasant and worked as a teacher. Mother, Elizaveta Yakovlevna, was from Belarus. The family was big. Paul had five sisters. My father was a good teacher and quickly gained popularity.
So he was offered a job at the Gomel school. As a result, his entire large family moved to a new place of residence. They settled next to the school (where Osip Andreevich taught) for the children of railway workers.
Thanks to the good work of the head of the family, he was able to get a profitable interest-free loan from one of the neighbors. With this money, Osip Andreevich built a house with a backyardyard and garden. This contributed to the diversified development of Pavel, since there was a lot of space in the house, and a home library appeared. Parents also encouraged their children's passion for literature and music.
Education
After the family moved to their own house, Pavel Sukhoi went to study at the gymnasium. He graduated with honors in all subjects except German and Latin. In these languages, he received "4" in the certificate. In the gymnasium, Pavel showed his ability in physics, mathematics and technology.
Such grades allowed him to easily enter the Moscow University, the Faculty of Mathematics. Pavel dreamed of a technical university where aeronautics was taught. But an error was found in his documents, and the admissions committee refused to enter a technical school.
But Pavel Sukhoi, whose photo is in this article, did not deviate from his dream and a year later he came to take exams again. This time everything went well, and he finally became a student of the desired university. I immediately enrolled in an aeronautics circle, in which, under the guidance of N. Zhukovsky, experiments were carried out to study the qualities of aircraft, their construction and the construction of wind tunnels.
Service in the USSR troops
But hostilities began in Eastern Europe, and Pavel, along with other students, was mobilized. He studied at the school of ensigns in the artillery staff. After the Revolution, Pavel returned to Moscow. The school in which he studied before the war did not work, and Sukhoi decided to go to Gomel, to his parents.
Work activity
There Pavel was asked to teach mathematics in one of the provincial towns. After some time, he returned to Moscow again and continued his studies in the aviation club. In the evenings he helped N. Fomin, who designed airships. When P. Sukhoi defended his diploma, he was invited to work in the design department of an aerodynamic university as an engineer. Then he became the head of the brigade, deputy chief designer.
From 1939 to 1940 Pavel Sukhoi worked as a chief designer at the Kharkov plant. From 1940 to 1949 - already in the position of chief designer of the BC, which was based in the Moscow region and Moscow. At the same time he was the director of these factories. From 1949 to 1953 - Deputy Chief Designer at the Tupolev Design Bureau. Since 1953 he was transferred to the position of chief, and since 1956 - general designer.
Pavel Sukhoi - aircraft designer: career rise and recognition
As soon as Pavel started working in his speci alty, he immediately showed his talent - he created a plane that had two engines. On this aircraft, a new flight distance record was recorded. And as a result, not only the plane, but also its creator gained popularity. Under the leadership of Tupolev, the I-4 and I-14, ANT-25 and ANT-37bis models were developed.
After Pavel started developing the next, even more advanced aircraft. It was a multi-purpose aircraft, the creation of which allowed Pavel to climb up the career ladder and becomethe head of the design department, who worked independently.
Participated in the competition for the development of "Ivanov". But the creation ended with the release of the SU-2, which was later used during the Second World War. This aircraft immediately went into production. Then the outbreak of war demanded improvements. The development of new attack aircraft began, which were intended to support the defense capability. As a result, SU-6 appeared.
Their creation and improvement continued after the end of the war. And this was the beginning of finding new, more complex technical solutions. Su-7, 9, 11, 15 were created and put into production. Su-7B fighters (bombers and interceptors) with ski and wheeled chassis. Su-17, changing the glassiness of the wing, front-line Su-24, Su-27 fighter, Su-25 attack aircraft and many others. In total, more than 50 models were developed.
Pavel and other developers improved the geometry of the wing. Systems were developed that worked in the most difficult meteorological conditions. Sukhoi's merit as a designer was marked by the highest Soviet government awards.
Private life
Pavel Sukhoi met his future wife when he worked as a teacher in one of the Gomel provinces. S. Tenchinskaya also worked as a teacher. Young people began to meet and soon played a wedding, which took place in Moscow. It was there that Pavel returned to finish his studies at the university. He and his wife had two children. Sukhoi died on September 16, 1975. He was buried in Moscow, onNovodevichy Cemetery.
Achievements and awards
Pavel Sukhoi is a designer who was one of the founders of the Soviet jet aviation. For his work he was awarded the Tupolev, Lenin, Stalin and State Prizes. The professor was a doctor of technical sciences. Twice received the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.
P. Sukhoi made more than one important development in the field of supersonic aviation. An interesting fact is that it was on the aircraft models of this designer that the tests were carried out by the most famous and famous Soviet pilots. And Sukhoi's planes came out under the indices "T" and "C".
