Background
He was born in 1892 and graduated from MVTU in 1918.
He was born in 1892 and graduated from MVTU in 1918.
Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
During his studies he worked at the aerodynamic laboratory headed by Nikolai Zhukovsky. He then worked at The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky in 1918–1936. He designed and built several aerosleds ARBES along with B. South. Stechkin.
After the establishment of the aircraft design bureau of Andrei Tupolev at The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky, he participated in all ANT designs.
In 1932, he was appointed a chief of the department of high speed aircraft. He was the leading designer of the first Soviet bomber ANT-40 (Bachelor of Science) and its transport development, the Personal-35.
Since 1936 he was chief of the bureau and responsible for large scale production of Bachelor of Science. He was Chief Designer of Ar-2. Arhangelsky OKB rejoined Tupolev OKB in 1941.
Since 1947 he was the first deputy chief designer.
He was the uncle of mathematician Alexander Arhangelskii. He died in 1978.