Konstantin Kalinin

Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin (Ukrainian: Калінін Костянтин Олексійович; born December 17 (29) 1889 in Warsaw, Russian Empire; died 1938 or April 21, 1940 in Voronezh) was a World War I aviator and Soviet aircraft designer.

For the Russian Olympic sports shooter, see Konstantin Kalinin (sport shooter).
Konstantin Alekseevich Kalinin
Born(1887-01-24)January 24, 1887
Warsaw
DiedOctober 24, 1938(1938-10-24) (aged 51)
NationalityUkrainian
Known forAircraft industry

Kalinin graduated from the Odessa Military School in 1912, the Gatchina Military Aviation School in 1916 and the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in 1925. During the Civil War of 1918–20, he was a pilot and commanding officer of Ukrainian People's Army which became one of the reason for his murder by Stalin's government. He became a member of the CPSU in 1927. In 1926, he organized and headed an aviation design bureau in Kharkiv.[1] He designed the Kalinin K-4, Kalinin K-5, Kalinin K-7 and Kalinin K-12 aircraft.

Kalinin was executed as an enemy of the state in 1938 during the Stalinist purges.[2] According to Soviet records, he died in 1940.

Kalinin was one of the founders and first teachers of the Kharkiv Aviation Institute. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[3]

References
  1. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979).
  2. Bill Yenne. The World's Worst Aircraft.
  3. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979).
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