Gleb Kotelnikov
Gleb Kotelnikov | |
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| Born | 18 January 1872 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 22 November 1944 (aged 72) Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Rank | Air Force of the Soviet Union, Major-General |
Gleb Yevgenyevich Kotelnikov (Russian: Глеб Евгеньевич Котельников), was born on January 30 [O.S. January 18] 1872, at the household of a St. Petersburg Institute professor who taught higher mathematics and mechanics. His parents moved to Saint Petersburg from Poltava in 1868. Kotelnikov belonged to a theatre-loving family, which enhanced his desire to perform on stage. He was the Russian-Soviet inventor of the knapsack parachute (first in the hard casing and then in the soft pack), and braking parachute.