Background
Antonov, Oleg was born on February 7, 1906 in the village of Troitskoe, now Moskovskaia Oblast’. Son of a building engineer.
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Oleg Konstantinovich ANTONOV
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1926 graduated Gliding School. 1930 graduated Aviation Faculty, Leningrad Polytechn. Institute.
Career
Began his career as an engineer, then chief of a KB (Design Bureau), and then chief designer in a glider factory, 1930-1962. Doctor of Technical Science, 1960. From 1938 designer at the A. Iakovlev Aviation KB (Design Bureau).
From 1943 Deputy Chief Designer, and Chief Designer, from 1946, of Ant(onov)-10, Ant-22, and Ant-24 aircraft. Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, 1964. Stalin Prize, 1952. Lenin Prize, 1962.
During the post-war years Senior Designer with the USSR Ministry of Aviation (until 1963). Has written over 50 works on glider and aircraft design. Publications: Na Kryl’iakh Iz Dereva i Polo та, 1962.
Dlia Vsekh I Dlia Sebia, 1965.
Religion
Religion divides people, and is a cause of numerous wars and conflicts throughout the human history.
Politics
Member, Communist Party, since 1930.
Views
The emphasis on peaceful coexistence doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union accepted a static world with clear lines. Socialism is inevitable and the "correlations of forces" were moving towards socialism.
Membership
Member, Communist Party, since 1930.
