Konstantin Antonovich Bortnovsky (February 2, 1909, Kozelsk, Kaluga province - July 10, 1981, Moscow) is a Russian scientist, a specialist in the development of nuclear weapons. Twice winner of the USSR State Prize .
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| Scientific field | development of nuclear weapons | ||||||||||||||
| Place of work | VNIIA | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Military Academy of Mechanomechanical Forces | ||||||||||||||
| Academic degree | candidate of technical sciences | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
He graduated from the Military Academy of Mechanomechanical Forces (1934). In 1934-1954, design engineer , deputy chief designer - chief engineer of the design bureau of the Ministry of Defense Industry. During the war, he was an engineer for armament of the 42nd IAP, and his rank was a military engineer of rank 3.
In 1954-1976 worked at VNIIA (All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Automatics) as the head of the machine shop, and as the deputy chief designer. Candidate of Technical Sciences.
Since 1976, retired.
Rewards
- Order of the Red Star (1942),
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree (1942),
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree (1943),
- Order of Lenin (1960),
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1976),
- medals: “For the defense of Moscow”, “For the defense of the Soviet Arctic”, “For labor distinction”, “For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.”, “For valiant labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. "," In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow "," For valiant work. In commemoration of the centenary of the birth of V. I. Lenin ”,“ Veteran of Labor ”.
- The 1954 Stalin Prize - for the creation and serial development of the first nuclear charge detonation system with an external neutron source.
- 1969 USSR State Prize - for the creation and serial development of shock-resistant nuclear munitions for the Navy’s missile system.
Sources
- The history of VNIIIA in the faces of https://web.archive.org/web/20160819134017/http://www.vniia.ru/about/doc/nagrad.pdf