Pavel Sukhoi: professional activities and biography

Pavel Sukhoi, whose biography is described in this article, is the famous aircraft designer of the USSR. He stood at the very roots of the development of aviation in the Soviet Union. He had excellent engineering intuition. Pavel was noted for his ability to find new solutions and work on various problems arising in the aviation business.

Childhood

Pavel Sukhoi was born on July 22, 1895 in Byelorussia, in the province of Vilna, in the village of Glubokoe. His 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. Father was a good teacher and quickly gained popularity.

Therefore, he was offered a job in the Gomel school. As a result, his large family moved to a new place of residence. They settled near the school (in which Osip Andreevich also 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. On this money, Osip Andreevich built a house with a backyard and a garden. This contributed to the versatile development of Paul, as there was a lot of space in the house, and a home library appeared. Parents also encouraged the children's enthusiasm for literature and music.

Education

After the family moved to their own house Pavel Sukhoi went to study at the gymnasium. He graduated it "excellent" in all subjects, except German and Latin. For these languages he received in the certificate to "4". In the gymnasium, Pavel showed abilities for physics, mathematics and engineering.

Such marks allowed him to easily enter the Moscow University, the mathematical faculty. Pavel dreamed of a technical university, in which aeronautics was taught. But in his documents was found a mistake, and the admission committee refused to enter the technical school.

But Pavel Sukhoi, whose photo is in this article, did not depart from his dream and in a year came to take exams again. This time everything went well, and he finally became a student of the desired university. I immediately enrolled in the aeronautics circle, in which, under the guidance of N. Zhukovsky, experiments were conducted to study the qualities of aircraft, their construction and the construction of wind tunnels.

Service in the troops of the USSR

But in Eastern Europe, hostilities began, and Paul, along with other students, was mobilized. He studied at the school of ensigns in artillery. 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 experience

There Paul was invited to teach mathematics in one of the provincial towns. After a while, he again returned to Moscow and continued his studies at the aviation circle. In the evenings N. Fomin, who designed the airships, helped. When P. Sukhoi defended his diploma, he was invited to work in the design department of the aerodynamic university as an engineer. Then he became the chief of the brigade, the deputy chief designer.

From 1939 to 1940. Pavel Sukhoi worked as a chief designer at the Kharkov plant. From 1940 to 1949 years. - already in the post of chief designer of the BC, which was based in Moscow and Moscow. At the same time, he was the director of these plants. From 1949 to 1953 years. - Deputy Designer in the Design Bureau Tupolev. Since 1953 he was transferred to the post of chief, and since 1956 - of the general designer.

Pavel Sukhoi - aircraft designer: take-off on the career ladder and recognition

As soon as Pavel began to work in his specialty, he immediately showed his talent - he created the plane, which had two engines. A new flight range record was fixed on this air vessel. And as a result, not only the plane, but also its creator gained popularity. Under the guidance of Tupolev, models I-4 and I-14, ANT-25 and ANT-37bis were developed.

After Paul began to develop the next, even more advanced aircraft. It was a multipurpose aircraft, the creation of which allowed Pavel to climb up the career ladder and become the 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 SU-2, which was used later in the Second World War. This aircraft was immediately put into production. Then the war that was started demanded improvements. The development of new ground-attack planes began, which were intended to support the defense capability. As a result, SU-6 appeared.

Their creation and improvement continued after 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 wheel chassis. Su-17, changing the vitreousness 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.

Paul and other developers have improved the geometry of the wing. Systems were developed that worked in the most difficult meteorological conditions. Merits Sukhoi as a designer were awarded the highest Soviet government awards.

Personal life

With his future wife Pavel Sukhoi met when he was 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 was held in Moscow. It was there that Pavel returned to finish his studies at the university. At them with the spouse two children were born. Died Dry September 16, 1975 Buried in Moscow, at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Achievements and awards

Pavel Sukhoi is a designer who was one of the founders of Soviet jet aircraft. For his work he was awarded with Tupolev, Lenin, Stalin and State Prizes. The professor was a doctor of technical sciences. Twice he received the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

P. Sukhoi did not make one important development in the field of supersonic aviation. Another interesting fact is that it was on the aircraft models of this designer that the tests were conducted by the most famous and famous Soviet pilots. And the Sukhoi planes came out under the "T" and "C" indices.