Alexey Sudayev
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| Born | Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev August 23, 1912 |
| Died | August 17, 1946 (aged 33) |
| Alma mater | Gorky Industrial Institute[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, engineer |
Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Суда́ев; 23 August 1912 – 17 August 1946) was a Soviet firearm designer.[2][3][1]
Biography[edit]
He was born on 23 August 1912 in the city of Alatyr[2].
His father Ivan Nilovich Sudayev, a telegraph mechanic for the postal and telegraphic district in Kazan, died in 1924, leaving his mother dependent on 12-year-old Alexei and his two sisters.
In 1929 Sudayev graduated from a vocational school and began working as a locksmith. After graduating in 1932 from the Gorky Construction Technical School (Department of Industrial Transport), he worked in "Soyuztransstroi" as a site technician in the village of Rudnichnoye of Satka District in the Ural Region (now the Chelyabinsk Region). During this period (1933-1934) appeared his first inventions "Automatic firing from a machine gun through the action of infrared rays" and "Gasometer".
In the autumn of 1934 Sudayev served in the Red Army[2], in the railway troops, where he showed great interest in weapons.
Immediately after the army he entered the Gorky Industrial Institute where he studied from 1936-1938. During his studies he showed considerable creative abilities.
Communist since 1940[2].
At this time, the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy created a school of gunsmiths, which recruits students from various universities, which had a tendency to invent and design. In 1941 Lieutenant Sudayev defended his diploma project[2] (7.62 mm machine gun) with honors in German language. Engineer-Major.
Awards[edit]
- USSR State Prize (1946)[2][3][1]
- Order of Lenin[2][1]
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st class[2]
- Order of the Red Star[2]
- Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Inventions[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Судаев Алексей Иванович // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 31. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2016. стр.375
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Судаев Алексей Иванович // Великая Отечественная война 1941 - 1945. Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. М. М. Козлов. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1985. стр.694
- ^ a b c Судаев Ал. Ив. (1912 - 1946) // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1286
Sources[edit]
- Д. Н. Болотин. Советское стрелковое оружие. М., Воениздат, 1983
- Судаев Ал. Ив. (1912-46) // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.425
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