Alexey Sudayev
Alexey Sudayev | |
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 Sudayev c. 1943-1946 | |
| Born | 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1912 Alatyr, Alatyrsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 August 1946 (aged 32) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1934-1935 1941-1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Battles / wars | Great Patriotic War |
| Awards | Order of Lenin |
| Alma mater | Gorky Industrial Institute Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy |
Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Суда́ев; 23 August 1912 – 17 August 1946) was a Soviet firearm designer.[1][2][3]
Biography
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He was born on 23 August 1912 in the city of Alatyr.[1]
His father Ivan Nilovich Sudayev, a telegraph mechanic for the postal and telegraphic district in Kazan, died in 1924, leaving his mother dependent on 12-year-old Alexei and his two sisters.
In 1929 Sudayev graduated from a vocational school and began working as a locksmith. After graduating in 1932 from the Gorky Construction Technical School (Department of Industrial Transport), he worked in "Soyuztransstroi" as a site technician in the village of Rudnichnoye of Satka District in the Ural Region (now the Chelyabinsk Region). During this period (1933-1934) appeared his first inventions "Automatic firing from a machine gun through the action of infrared rays" and "Gasometer".
In the autumn of 1934, Sudayev served in the Red Army,[1] in the railway troops, where he showed great interest in weapons. Following his discharge, he entered the Gorky Industrial Institute where he studied from 1936-1938. During his studies he showed considerable creative abilities. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1940.[1]
At this time, the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy created a school of gunsmiths, which recruited students from various universities who had a tendency to invent and design. In 1941, Lieutenant Sudayev defended his diploma project[1] (7.62 mm machine gun) with honors in German language, majoring as an engineer. He was then recalled into the Red Army following Operation Barbarossa.
He died in 1946 of a gastric ulcer and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.
Awards
[edit]- USSR State Prize (1946)[1][2][3]
- Order of Lenin[1][3]
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st class[1]
- Order of the Red Star[1]
- Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Inventions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Судаев Алексей Иванович // Великая Отечественная война 1941 - 1945. Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. М. М. Козлов. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1985. стр.694
- ^ a b c Судаев Ал. Ив. (1912 - 1946) // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1286
- ^ a b c d e f Судаев Алексей Иванович // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 31. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2016. стр.375
Sources
[edit]- Д. Н. Болотин. Советское стрелковое оружие. М., Воениздат, 1983
- Судаев Ал. Ив. (1912-46) // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.425
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