Aleksandr Bereznyak

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Bereznyak was a Soviet aircraft and missile designer. He was the chief designer of MKB Raduga, from March 1957.

Biography

Aleksandr Bereznyak was born on 29 December 1912 in Boyarkino, Ozyorsky District, Moscow Oblast.
He was employed in aviation industries since 1931. Bereznyak was a graduate of the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze. He became Vice-chief designer of OKB-2 in 1946, later to become the chief designer in 1957. Other his developments include:

BI-1 — an early rocket-powered aircraft rocket fighter developed by Bereznyak and Isaev in 1940-1944. It flew after German's experimental He 176, but still was the first Soviet rocket plane. Eight test planes were built.
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346 — experimental, trans-sonic speed, 1946.
468 — jet, project, 1948–1949.

In March 1957 he was assigned to lead the newly established MKB Raduga in the village of Ivankovo, Moscow Oblast. This had started in 1951 as Branch 2 of Artem Mikoyan's OKB-155 to produce the KS-1 Komet missile. Raduga specialized in a range of tactical missiles.
Bereznyak was a Doctor in Engineering.
Aleksandr Bereznyak died on 7 July 1974 in Dubna.

Awards

Merited engineering scientist of the RSFSR
Lenin Prize
USSR State Prize
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour and numerous medals

Memorials

There is a bronze bust of Bereznyak installed at the MKB Raduga headquarters building where he once worked
A street and a high school in Dubna were named after Bereznyak