Oleksandr Ivchenko


Oleksandr Georgiyowych Ivchenko was a Soviet aircraft engine design engineer.

Life

In 1920 Ivchenko began an apprenticeship in a metal foundry. He later completed his studies at the Institute for Mechanical Engineering in Kharkiv, which he left in 1935 as a designer for internal combustion engines. He became a test bench engineer for aircraft engines at Plant No. 29 in Zaporizhzhi. Shortly thereafter he was transferred to the development department for piston engines, where he soon became chief designer.
In 1939, the development of the engine type M-89 was agreed, which was to deliver 1500 hp, however Plant No. 29 was transferred to Siberia. Ivchenko concentrated on the preparations for the series production of the ASch-82FN engine type, which was also intended for the Lavochkin La-5.
In 1945, again in Zaporizhzhia, he became chief designer in Development Office No. 478, and in 1963 he became its general designer. In the period from 1945 to 1968, this development office created designs for engines that were used throughout the Soviet aviation industry, but also in naval technology. In addition to piston engines, this also included gas turbines for aircraft and helicopters. On a smaller scale, small engines were also developed, for example for chainsaws or snowmobiles.
Ivchenko was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR and received numerous orders and awards, such as the USSR State Prize in 1948, the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the title of Hero of Socialist Labour in 1963.

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Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour
Category:Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Category:People from Zaporizhzhia
Category:People from Tokmak
Category:Soviet engineers
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Category:1903 births
Category:1968 deaths