Vitaly Petrovich Funikov (1901-1958) - Soviet designer of submarines .
| Vitaly Petrovich Funikov | ||||
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| Date of Birth | 1901 | |||
| Date of death | 1958 | |||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | |||
| Occupation | submarine designer | |||
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Biography
Graduated from LPI (1930).
In 1933-1953 - design engineer, head of sector, head of the hull department, chief designer of diesel-electric submarines in TsKB-18 .
In 1953-1958 - the chief engineer of SKB-143 .
First Deputy Chief Designer of the first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 ("Lenin Komsomol") (led the development of the project at all stages, as well as construction and testing). The chief designer of the project 639 nuclear missile submarine (work was terminated at the technical design stage).
Awards and Prizes
- Stalin Prize of the first degree (1943) - for the creation of a new type of warship
- The order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- medals