Korolev, Vladimir Petrovich

Vladimir Petrovich Korolev was born on October 16, 1930 in Moscow in a working class family. His parents worked at the Pravda publishing house: his father was a chauffeur, his mother was an accountant.

• 1948 : graduated from secondary school No. 210 of Moscow;
• 1949 - 1953 : studied at the faculty of aircraft engines of the Moscow Aviation Institute;
• 1953: passed the winter session at the 5th course of the Moscow Aviation Institute and was drafted into the army; as part of the special set, he was enrolled in the 5th year of the Faculty of Jet Weapons of the F.E.Dzerzhinsky Military Artillery Academy. ^[2]

“We are talking about the history of the so-called“ special set ”. This name was given to 900 students of the best technical universities of the country, called up in 1953 for military service in order to satisfy the need of the Armed Forces in specialists in the field of the latest weapons - the missiles. ”

- From the Introduction to the article “Special Set: History and Importance” on the website of “Special Set-1953”. ^[3]

• 1954 : graduated from the Academy. Dzerzhinsky. Received a diploma with honors from a mechanical engineer, specialist in artillery weapons;
• 1954: enlisted at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the country's air defense forces. ^[four]

“In August 1950, the government decides to erect a S-25 Berkut stationary anti-aircraft missile system around Moscow. ... The basis of the Moscow anti-aircraft missile defense was 56 anti-aircraft missile systems, located around the defended object - the capital of our country - in two echelons.
... On December 1, 1953, the formation of the 1st Special Purpose Air Defense Army consisting of four corps was completed, and it was included in the Moscow Air Defense District. By the beginning of 1955, the entire personnel of the association had basically mastered the materiel of military equipment, and learned to operate it competently. ”

- From the article “Responsible for the sky of the capital. "1st Special Purpose Air Defense Army - 50 years." - “The Red Star”, October 23, 2002 ^[5]

• 1954-1958: the head of the group of the S-25 complex in the Ikshinsky regiment (the inner ring of the Moscow air defense system ); Air Defense Engineer of the Dolgoprudnsky Air Defense Corps (10th Special Purpose Air Defense Corps of the 1st Special Purpose Air Defense Army); ^[6] Lecturer at the 12th training center of the Air Defense Forces in Kubinka.

“The Moscow Air Defense District has become a real field academy, which was attended by numerous cadres of officers. ... Many generals and district officers went to work in the Central Office of the Ministry of Defense and the Air Defense Forces. ”

- Lieutenant General G. N. Tkachenko. Special Forces Army. ^[7]

For 31 years, V.P. Korolev served in the 4th Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense / Main Directorate of Armament of the Air Defense Forces (Moscow, Frunzenskaya Embankment). ^[one]

• 1958–1979: engineer of the 4th department picking department; senior engineer, deputy head of the organizational plan department, head of the organizational and planning department 4 GUMO;
• 1979-1983: Head of the 4th Directorate of the Main Directorate of Air Defense Forces;
• 1982 : awarded the military rank of Major General;
• 1983-1989: Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Armament of the Air Defense Forces;
• October 1989: Dismissed to the staff reduction reserve;
• 1989–2011: after leaving the army, he worked at the military representation previously subordinate to him at the Avangard Moscow Machine-Building Plant , which is part of Almaz-Antey Concern for Air Defense .

In the position of the head of the organizational-planning department V.P. Korolev, for about 10 years he was engaged in the development and monitoring of the execution of the order plan of 4 GUMOs, as well as in the staff work of the head office. Heading the 4th Directorate, he directed the manning of troops with weapons and spare parts, and the provision of repair and storage of military equipment.

As deputy chief of the Main Directorate of Armament of the Air Defense Forces, Major General V.P. Korolev oversaw the work of a number of directorates of the Glavka: the 2nd (mass production of weapons and equipment for its maintenance), the 3rd (construction of stationary combat facilities, installation and commissioning work on them and commissioning), 4th (see above) and 7th (arms supplies to the armies of the Warsaw Pact countries and other friendly countries). He was also subordinate to the organizational and planning department and the computer center of the GUV Air Defense Forces (computer center No. 297). ^[one]

• 1985 : Order of the Red Banner of Labor ;
• 1975 : Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3 tbsp .;
• medals.

• Throughout his life, Vladimir Petrovich is interested in cars and expertly understands them. This hobby was passed on to him from his father, Pyotr Ivanovich, and his grandfather; both of them were drivers by profession. At the same time, his grandfather, Ivan Alekseevich Korolev, was one of the first drivers in Moscow; he happened to drive a number of exotic models at the dawn of the automotive era. Vladimir Korolev received his first “youthful” rights to drive a car at the age of 14;
• The commander-mentor who had the greatest influence on V.P. Korolev, he himself considers Major General Alexander Varlamovich Mishin. For the first time, Vladimir Petrovich had the opportunity to serve under the troops of A.V. Mishin in the mid-1950s — Mishin then held the post of chief engineer of the regiment. In the future, fate brought them back to the 4th GUMO, when V.P. Korolev was the deputy, and then the successor of A.V. Mishin, the head of the 4th Directorate of the Main Directorate.

The wife of Vladimir Petrovich, Rimma Mikhailovna Koroleva (born July 29, 1936), is a doctor by profession. In 1957, the couple gave birth to a daughter, Tatyana, who chose the profession of a linguist; She graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages ​​named after M. Torez . Grandson Andrei (born 1983) is a computer technician who works as a system administrator. Granddaughter Ksenia (born 1994) is engaged in choreography. In 2004, the great-grandson of Alexei was born. ^[eight]

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2. E. B. Volkov . Half a century in rocket science. / Moscow, SIP RIA, 2004 .-- 335 s. - ISBN 5-89354-214-2 ;
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4. E. S. Yurasov et al. Fourth Main Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Cases and people. / Moscow, InformBuro, 2007 .-- 781 p. - ISBN 978-5-98623-039-9 ;
5. Annals of the Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great. 1820-2007 [monograph in 4 volumes]. / V.I. Uglov et al. - Moscow, VA Strategic Rocket Forces. - 2008. - Volume 1. Events and dates. Volume 2. Mikhailovtsy, Dzerzhintsy, Petrovtsy. Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 3. Photo album. Volume 4. Reader. Live pages: alma mater in memories. 304 + 546 + 382 + 536 s., Photo, ill .;
6. Moscow is behind us. (On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Moscow Air Defense District). / Moscow; Ob-obenie air defense and missile defense, Border; 2014 .-- 253 p. - ISBN 978-5-94691-678-3 ; ^[9]
7. G. A. Sukhin, V. I. Ivkin. Nesterenko . / Series: The life of wonderful people. - Moscow, Young Guard, 2015 .-- 201 p. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-235-03801-1 .

• Moscow Aviation Institute ;
• Artillery Engineering Academy named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky ;
• Golden Ring Air Defense ;
• Air Defense Forces of the USSR .

• Special set-1953. A site dedicated to the special forces in 1953 at the F.E. Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy. - Biographies, articles, memoirs, photo materials;
• Nikolay Kositsyn. 4th GU MO - an inside look. An article on the website of the journal "Aerospace Defense" (old.vko.ru).