Vyacheslav Malyshev
Vyacheslav Malyshev | |
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Малышев, Вячеслав | |
V. A. Malyshev (1902–1957) c. 1938 | |
| People's Commissariat for Heavy Machine Building | |
| In office 19 June 1939 – 17 April 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Yefremov |
| People's Commissariat of Medium Machine Building | |
| In office 17 July 1953 – 28 February 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Avraami Zavenyagin |
| Full member of the 19th Presidium | |
| In office 16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 3, 1902 Ust-Sysolsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | September 20, 1957 (aged 54) Moscow, Russia in the Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Acute radiation syndrome |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1957) |
| Alma mater | Bauman School |
| Occupation | Engineer, politician |
| Known for | Soviet program of nuclear weapon |
| Awards | Order of Lenin (1952) Stalin Prize (1949, 1951) Hero of Socialist Labor (1944) |
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malyshev (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Малышев; 3 December 1902 — 20 February 1957) was a Soviet politician and an engineer who was one of the senior program managers in the Soviet program of nuclear weapons during the 1940s and 1950s.
He was instrumental in militarizing the Soviet space program while he also played a crucial role in Russian development of the nuclear submarines for the former Soviet Navy. Malyshev died in 1957, aged 54.