Background
Pavel was born on February 2, 1915, in Novaya Pokrovka, Bobrovsky district, Ukraine. He is from the peasants family.
Pavel was born on February 2, 1915, in Novaya Pokrovka, Bobrovsky district, Ukraine. He is from the peasants family.
Since 1943 Pavel studied at Higher Officer Artillery and Technical School of the Red Army.
Since 1949, in development bureau-1 under the leadership of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, participated in study of German trophy equipment and rocket designs, then in the development and testing of the first domestic land-based ballistic missiles. Since 1954, as part of leading specialists group, he worked in a special development bureau -385 under the Zlatoust Machine Building Plant .