Gusev, Leonid Ivanovich (scientist)

Born into a peasant family; in 1931 the family moved to Moscow. He began his career as a turner at a tool factory.

In 1940 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army .

Throughout the war he went through a spotter, platoon commander in the artillery unit. He was twice wounded. He became a member of the CPSU . Demobilized in January 1947.

Since May 1948 he worked at the NII-885 as a picker. In 1949 he entered the evening department of the Faculty of Radio Communication Facilities and Systems of the Moscow Electrotechnical Institute of Communications and went to work in one of the laboratories as an engineer. After graduating from the institute in 1955, he was appointed head of the laboratory. In June 1959 he was appointed director of NII-695 of the State Committee under the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Radio Electronics (later - All-Union Telecommunications Research Institute). Since 1963 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the USSR on Radio Electronics; Since 1964 - Deputy Minister of General Engineering . In 1965-2004 - Director of Research Institute-885 (since 1966 - Research Institute of Space Instrumentation, now - JSC "Russian Space Systems" ).

Since 1969, simultaneously with production activities, he held the position of head of the department at the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering and Automation , and since 1979 he was a professor.

From 2004 to 2008, he held the position of First Deputy General Director - General Designer of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Research Institute of Space Instrument Making”. From 2008 to the last days, he was an adviser to the general director of the Russian Space Systems open joint-stock company ^[2] .

Died March 11, 2015 in Moscow ^[3] . Buried in the Pokrovsky cemetery of the capital.

He was a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K. E. Tsiolkovsky , full member of the Russian Academy of Engineering ^[4] , International Informatization Academy ^[4] , full member of the International Academy of Engineering . The author of at least 170 scientific papers.

Selected Works

• Urlichich Yu. M., Gusev L.I., Leonov M.S. et al. Radio engineering systems for controlling long-range spacecraft and for scientific research. - M .: Fizmatlit, 2007 .-- 232 p. - (Tr. / Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Research Institute of Space Instrumentation"). - 300 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9221-0921-5 .

• The Hammer and Sickle Medal of the Hero of Socialist Labor (1961) - for creating outstanding rocketry and ensuring the successful flight of Soviet man into space
• two orders of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Patriotic War I and II degree
• two orders of the Red Star
• Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, III degree (2011) ^[5] - for his great contribution to the development of the rocket and space industry, many years of conscientious work, and active social work
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree (2002)
• Medal of Honor"
• Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
• Medal "For the capture of Berlin"
• Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "For Labor Distinction" (1956)
• Badge of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky "For Works and Fatherland" (2007)
• Lenin Prize (1979) - for participating in the creation and launch of the Luna-16 automatic interplanetary station to the Moon, which took samples of the lunar soil and delivered them to the surface of the Earth
• USSR State Prize in Science and Technology (1982) - for participating in the creation of special equipment for observing the Earth from space
• Russian State Prize in Science and Technology (1996) - for participation in the creation of the GLONASS space navigation system
• GLONASS / GNSS - Forum Association Award (2008) for contribution to the creation and development of the GLONASS system ^[6] .

Elected academician of a number of domestic and international academies.

• Gusev, Leonid Ivanovich (scientist) (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
• Gusev Leonid Ivanovich // TC Roscosmos, 2012-05-12
• The man who created the space communications: Outstanding designer of satellite systems Leonid Gusev turned 90 years old // Nezavisimaya Gazeta . - April 3, 2012.
• Sotov A. Roscosmos celebrates the anniversary of Leonid Gusev // Russian newspaper . - April 3, 2012.
• Gusev L.I. Domestic navigation overtook GPS // Air shows of the world. - 2012. - Issue. 2 .

• In Moscow, the memory of the designer Gusev was immortalized // TC Roscosmos, May 2016 (video)