Background
TSANDER, Fridrikh was born on August 23, 1887 in Riga, USSR. Son of a physician.
TSANDER, Fridrikh was born on August 23, 1887 in Riga, USSR. Son of a physician.
Graduated from the Riga Polytechnical Institute, 1914.
Pioneer of rocket designing in the Soviet Union. Senior engineer in the design bureau of the Aviation Trust, 1926. Engineer in the Central Institute for Aircraft Motor Design, 1930-1931.
Designed the jet engines OR-1 and OR-2. One of the founders of GIRD (Gruppa Izuchenia Reaktivnogo Dvizheniia). Created the basis for the first Soviet rocket with a liquid-fuel jet engine.