Gindich, Vasily Ivanovich

Vasily Ivanovich Gindich (1915-2008) - Soviet chemist, developer of gunpowder, twice laureate of the USSR State Prize.

Vasily Ivanovich Gindich
Date of Birth	April 28, 1915 ( 1915-04-28 )
Place of Birth	Novograd-Volyn county , Volyn province
Date of death	2008 ( 2008 )
Scientific field	gunpowder production
Awards and prizes

Born on April 28, 1915 in the city of Miropol, Novograd-Volyn county, Volyn province.

In 1942-1947 worked at a defense enterprise in Molotov (Perm).

Since 1947 - at the Research Institute of Chemical Products (Kazan): Head of Laboratory (1957), Ch. engineer (1967), head of department (1975-1977), chief specialist (1985-2001).

The author of more than 20 inventions. Developed a continuous technology for the production of coarse powder.

Works:

• Cellulose nitrate production. Technology and equipment. / V.I.
• V.I. Gindich. Technological equipment for the production of pyroxylin powders. 4.1. Textbook. VI: CPIINTI, 1971. - 208 p.
• Technology pyroxylin powders: monograph / B. I. Gindich. Kazan, 1995

The 1951 Stalin Prize - for a radical improvement in production technology.

USSR State Prize of 1976 - for work in the field of chemical technology.

He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and medals.