Boris Stechkin

Boris Sergeyevich Stechkin (; 5 August 1891 – 2 April 1969) was a Russian and Soviet scientist, engineer and inventor. He developed a theory of heat engines and was involved in construction of many Soviet aircraft engines. He was also co-developer of Sikorsky Ilya Muromets (the first four-engine airplane and bomber, 1913) and Lebedenko's Tsar Tank (the largest armored vehicle in history, 1916–1917). He died in Moscow on 2 April 1969.

Awards and honours

• Hero of Socialist Labour (5 August 1961)
• Two Orders of Lenin (24 January 1947; 5 August 1961)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (2 July 1945)
• Order of the Red Star (18 August 1945)
• Lenin Prize (1957) – for creating the Tu-104 plane
• Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1946) – for creating a new type of aircraft engine and radical improvement of an existing engine
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1947)

See also

• List of Russian inventors

References

• Stechkin's biography at The Heroes of the Country
• Lebedenko (or Tsar) Tank