Shield and sword of Russia. duck brothers

Vladimir Fedorovich Utkinwas born on October 17, 1923 in the village of Pustobor
Kasimovsky district of the Ryazan province (now - Kasimovsky district ,
Ryazan region. The village of Pustobor does not exist now ) .
He was the second child in the family Utkin Fyodor Dementievich
(1886-1940 ) - economist of Lashman iron foundry
and housewives Utkina Anisia Efimovna (1893-1981 ) .
Besides Vladimir Fedorovich they raised three more sons:
Utkin Nikolai Fedorovich (1919-1989 ) ,
Professors who have worked for 19 years his v Vice-rector positions
Baltic State Technical University v Leningrad;
Utkin Petr Fedorovich (1925-1974 ) ,
serviceman of the Armed Forces of the USSR ,lieutenant colonel and and Alexey Utkin (1928-2014 ) ,
Laureate of the Lenin Prize and the State Prize of the USSR;
Honored Worker of Science and Technology;
Honorary Railwayman;

Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky;
Full member of the Russian Academy
missile and artillery sciences;
Full member of the St. Petersburg
Engineering Academy;
Doctors of Engineering Science, Professors;
Head of department, Head of the complex -
Deputy Chief Designer,
Chief designer of launching missile systems,
Head of rolling stock for
Combat railway missile system
Strategic Missile Forces;
teacher, Professors of the Department of starting
and technical complexes of rockets and spacecraft
Faculty of rocket and space technology
Baltic State Technical
university (BSTU "Voenmekh").

Vladimir Utkin spent his childhoodv the village of Lashma, Kasimov region
Ryazan region.
In 1941 he With graduated with honors from secondary general education
school number 2 v the city of Kasimov.
After the start of World War II, v august was called
v ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army of the Kasimov district
the military commissariat of the Ryazan region.

He was immediately sent to Ulyanovsk School of Communications, on ending
which he was directed v 21st separate communications regiment.

Then your battle path Vladimir Fedorovich passedfrom Volkhova before Berlin,
v positions of telegraph mechanic, telegraph operator 23rd, then -
49th separate communications company 278th Siberian Fighter Aviation
Stalinist Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division
Reserve Headquarters of the Supreme Command.
TO end of the war foreman V.F. Utkin served v positions
The chief of the telegraph of the same company.

He fought: on the Volkhov front ( until December 1942) ;
North Caucasian Front ( January to July 1943) ;
South and 4th Ukrainian fronts ( from July 1943 to May 1944) ;
3rd Belorussian Front ( May to October 1944) ;
1st Belarusian ( since October 1944) .

In 1945 V.F. Utkin became a member of the CPSU (b).

In 1946 Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin was demobilized .

Returning to the native village of Lashma in the Kasimov region
Ryazan region, he got a job on work as a senior commandant
v Lashman vocational school number 5.

This year he n stumbledon the Faculty of Rocket Weapons
Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute the one
which he graduated from With honors in 1952.

V free from study time Vladimir Fedorovich With brother Alexei
Fedorovich (at that time, also a student of Voenmeh) moonlighting
unloading wagons and on Leningrad gramophone record plant.

Practice and undergraduate work V.F. Utkin passedv 4th Scientific
Research Institute of the Academy of Artillery Sciences
Ministries of the Armed Forces of the USSR ( now - 4th Central Scientific
Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation,
Korolev city, Moscow region, Yubileiny microdistrict ) .

By graduation V.F. Utkin got distribution v one thing from leading
design bureaus of the country - OKB-586 ( since 1966 - Design department
"Yuzhnoe" ) v the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR.
Worked there as a design engineer, Senior Engineer, then headed
various research and design and engineering departments
v as Team Leader, Sector Chief, acting
Deputy Chief Designer ( since November 9, 1960) , deputy
Head of department, Deputy Chief Designer.

In 1961Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin was appointed first deputy
Chief designer and Head of OKB-586 State Committee
on defense technology.
Since 1971 he was the Chief Designer and The chief,
a November 14, 1979 Vladimir Fedorovich was appointedon the position
General designer and Head of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
( since 1991 KB is named after Academician M.K. Yangel- approx. ) .

V.F. Utkin participated v preparation for flights of the first manned spacecraft-satellites "Vostok" including to flight of the first v Cosmonaut world
Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin.

By the decision of the Commission of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on military-industrial
Questions No. 83 May 9, 1961 "On the results of the launch of the spacecraft
"East" Withon board and on the plan for further work on launches
spaceships "Vostok" "Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin has been approved
v as one from responsible representatives of the GKOT on the issue of ensuring
thorough development and testing of all systems v conformity With approved by the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on defense technology
plan of improvements and ground-based experimental tests.

Under his leadership developed and handed over on the armament four
strategic missile systems, ensured parity of domestic
nuclear missile forces With relevant US forces, created several
launch vehicles.

.... V as a developer and research manager
V.F. Utkin took part v following events directly
associated with KB "Yuzhnoye":
.... March 16, 1962 the first successful launch of the 11K63 product was carried out - the first launch vehicle of the "Cosmos" family, With with which it was derived on the orbit spacecraft "Kosmos-1" - the first satellite developed by KB "Yuzhnoye", whose task was: overload measurement on the launch site, vibration measurement and thermal loads on the complex v start moment;study of the earth's ionosphere and radio wave transmission study v the upper layers of the atmosphere with the help of equipment developed v Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, ionosphere and propagation of radio waves of the USSR Academy of Sciences;

.... in 1967 The State Interdepartmental Commission adopted v operation of the R-36 complex (the prototype of the Cyclone launch vehicles and Intercontinental ballistic missile R-36M ) ;

.... June 26, 1967 at the first satellite of radio-technical reconnaissance "Celina" was launched into orbit by the carrier rocket "Kosmos-3M";

.... October 27, 1967 the first successful launch of the 11K67 product - the Cyclone-2A launch vehicle,developed v KB "Yuzhnoye" and brought out on the orbit satellite "Cosmos-185" With the purpose of developing the design of a spacecraft interceptor;

.... in 1968 was adopted on the weapons the first global rocket 8K69, capable of delivering the warhead v anywhere on earth;

.... October 14, 1969 from using the launch vehicle "Cosmos-2" (developers - KB "Yuzhnoye" and Production Association "Flight") on the the satellite "Interkosmos-1" was launched into a near-earth orbit, the first spacecraft developed by scientists from socialist countries - participants of the "Intercosmos" Program, completed the program for studying short-wave radiation of the Sun;

.... February 9, 1969 the launch of the satellite "Cosmos-394" (DS-P1-M "Tulip"), the first spacecraft from series of Soviet target satellites.These devices were used at satellite fighter tests.

8 February 1974 from the first spacecraft of the Typhoon-1 series of calibration and adjustment purpose under codenamed "Cosmos-660" (adoptedon the armament by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 729 dated 28 August 1978) ;

.... December 30, 1975 were accepted on the armament:
........ product MR-UR100 - liquid-propellant two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile, included v composition of a silo-based strategic missile complex;
........ strategic missile system R-36M with a heavy two-stage liquid amputated intercontinental ballistic missile silo-based increased security type OS ("single start") With mortar launch from transport and launch container.This development, started by Academician Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel, became the first job Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin v as General Designer of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau;

.... June 19, 1976 the launch of the spacecraft "Interkosmos-15" - the first satellite from series of automatic universal orbital stations (AUOS).

.... February 12, 1979 at within the framework of the "Ocean-E" experiment, on the the first oceanographic satellite "Cosmos-1076" with specialized equipment for Earth remote sensing;

.... December 17, 1980 were accepted on the weapons modernized complexes R-36MUTTH and MR-UR 1OOUTTH With strategic liquid-propellant missiles of the light class silo-based.

.... September 28, 1983 with the help of the Cyclone-3 launch vehicle, the oceanographic satellite Kosmos-1500 was launched , the purpose of which was the withdrawal of the convoy of ships from ice of the East Siberian Sea .

.... April 13, 1985 the first launch of the Zenit-2 two-stage launch vehicle took place;

.... May 15, 1987 the first launch of the Energia super-heavy-class launch vehicle took place With spacecraft "Polyus", and on November 15, 1988 the only triumphant and fully automatic flight of the Orbital spacecraft "Buran" on the orbit with this super-powerful launch vehicle. The side boosters of the launch vehicle were developed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau under leadership Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin .

.... August 11, 1988 was accepted on the weapons missile system of the fourth generation With 15A18M R-36M2 Voevoda multipurpose intercontinental missile, not which had analogues v The world and famous on the West how SS-18 "Satan" and intended for defeat of all types of targets,protected by modern anti-missile defense, v any conditions of combat use, including at repeated nuclear exposure on positional area. The use of this complex makes it possible to implement the strategy of a guaranteed retaliatory strike..

.... November 28, 1989 was accepted on the armament RT-23 UTTH "Molodets" - strategic missile systems With solid-propellant three-stage intercontinental ballistic missiles 15Zh61 and 15ZH60, rolling rail and stationary mine-based, respectively.

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.... Complex developed under brothers' leadership Vladimir Fedorovich and Alexey Fedorovich Utkin was a further development of the strategic missile system RT-23 .

.... 1970-1980 years of the year Vladimir Fedorovich Utkintook part v project "Arcade" implemented v within the framework of the Soviet-French program "Arkad" carried out in flight times of research satellites "Oreol-1", Halo-2 and "Halo-3".

Total per years of leadership V.F. Utkin Design Bureau "Yuzhnoye"on the various orbits
more than three hundred spacecraft of the "Cosmos" family were launched, which make up a significant part from the total number of satellites in this series.
TO the number of achievements of the design bureau, led by Vladimir
Fedorovich , also includes the solution of a set of scientific and technical problems,
providing continuous combat alert of liquid-propellant missiles v fueled
condition v for many years, as well as missile resistance at action on the them
damaging factors.
The strategy of the designer-scientist V.F. Utkin was finding alternative
optimal scientific and technical solutions at minimum costs.

November 24, 1990 Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin was appointedon the position
Director of TsNIIMash - Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Space Agency (city of Korolev,
Moscow region ) .
Being on the he took an active part in this post v restructuring of the country's rocket and space industry management v new economic conditions, contributed
substantial contribution v development of the Federal Space Program of Russia.
Under his leadership v the institute conducted research on various sections of the Federal program, research
and development work With aim of establishing experimental
spacecraft for special purposes.

.... V.F. Utkin also received participation v social activities and in work
With the purpose of popularizing the achievements of the Patriotic and World cosmonautics:
.... vMay 1992 Vladimir Fedorovich first arrived v Ryazan after removal With it is classified and spoke on the Conferences of school museums of cosmonautics.

.... vIn 1994, he was appointed Co-Chairman of the Russian-American Commission, which was tasked with conducting jointly with US Air Force Lieutenant General's group v retirement, astronaut Thomas Staffordan independent assessment of the state of affairs in the first phase of the flight program of the International Space Station , development of recommendations and, in if necessary, additional measures on increasing the degree of reliability and flight safety, crew training and ensuring the effectiveness of the planned program of joint Russian-American flights and report O the work done to the General Directors of the Russian Space Agency and NASA... V the history of cosmonautics, this commission was named "Utkin-Stafford Commission" .

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.... v1995 year the first open thematic performance took place V.F. Utkin to the scientific and technical community and students of the Ryazan State Radio Engineering Academy.

.... v1998 year Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin v quality Guest of honor participated v
opening Museum of Cosmonautics v Secondary school number 2 of the city of Kasimov, Ryazan region.

Hewas elected:
.... Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th convocations, People's Deputy of the USSR.

.... Full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR ( v1976 year ) ;

.... Full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, now - the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Mechanics and Control Processes, by specialties:"Mechanical Engineering", "transport engineering" ( December 26, 1986) ;

.... D Full member of the International Academy of Astronautics,
President of the K.E. Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics ( from 1997 to February 2000) ;

.... Honorary Member of the Russian Missile Academy and artillery sciences .

.... Full member of the Leonardo Club.

Awards:
By order of the 278th Fighter Aviation Division
dated May 18, 1943 No. 02 / n,

Telegraph mechanic of the 49th Separate Communications Company under the Directorate 278th IAD
sergeantUtkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Medal "For Military Merit".

Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division of April 21, 1944
№ 115/7964 , on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
"For exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle
with the German invaders in valor and courage shown at the same time "
telegraph operator of the military telegraph station of the 49th separate communications company
sergeantUtkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus".

By order of the 278th Fighter Aviation Siberian Stalin
Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division of October 27, 1944
No. 011 / n, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
"For exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle
with the German invaders in valor and courage shown at the same time "

staff SergeantUtkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Order of the Red Star.
By order of the 278th Fighter Aviation Siberian Stalin
Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division of May 18, 1945
No. 020 / n, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
"For exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle
with the German invaders in valor and courage shown at the same time "
Chief of the military telegraph station of the 49th Separate communications company
foremanUtkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Order of the Red Star.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 17, 1961
(top secret) "For outstanding services in the creation
samples of rocketry and ensuring a successful human flight
into outer space "Deputy Chief Designer of OKB-586 of the State Committee for Defense Technology
Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Order of Lenin.

By the resolution of the Lenin Prize Committee of April 22, 1965
for the creation of rocket and space technology first Deputy
Chief designer and Head of the Design Bureau
"Yuzhnoe" Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was honored
Lenin Prize in Engineering for 1964 .

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 29, 1969
First Deputy Chief Designer and Of the chief
Design Bureau "Yuzhnoye" (the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR)
"For Outstanding Services to the State in the Creation of New Technology
and for the fulfillment of special assignments of the Soviet government "
Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded the title of Hero
Socialist Labor with the presentation of the Order of Lenin
and the Hammer and Sickle Gold Medal .

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 12, 1976
General designer and Head of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
"For Outstanding Services to the State in the Creation of New Technology"
(the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich
was awarded the Order of Lenin and the second Gold Medal "Hammer and Sickle" .

By the decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR of November 6, 1981
for the creation of rocket and space technologyGeneral designer
and Head of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (city ​​Dnepropetrovsk
Ukrainian SSR) Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
USSR State Prize in the field of technology for 1980.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 11, 1985
"For the courage, fortitude and courage shown in the struggle
with the German fascist invaders and in commemoration of the 40th anniversary
Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War "
Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Order of the Patriotic War I degree.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 24, 1996 No. 1760
"For services to the State, great contribution to the formation and development
rocket and space industry " ,

mechanical engineering " (city of Korolev, Moscow region)
Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree .

By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 23, 1998 No. 1299
"For outstanding contribution to the formation and development of the rocket and space industry"
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Federal State
enterprise "Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering" ( the city of Korolev, Moscow region) Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was
awarded Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree .

Besides , V.F. Utkin was awarded five more Orders of Lenin
(1966, 29.08.1969, 1973, 12.08.1976, 1983 ) ,
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (26.06. 1959 ) ; as well as medals:
"For the capture of Berlin" (1945 ) ;
"For the liberation of Warsaw" (1945 ) ;
"For Labor Valor" (20.04. 1956 ) ;
"For valiant labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the
birth of V.I. Lenin " (1970 ) ;
"For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War
1941-1945 " (1945 ) ;
"Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
1941-1945 " (1965 ) ;
"Thirty years of victory in the Great Patriotic War
1941-1945 " (1975 ) ;
"Forty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
1941-1945 " (1985 ) ;
"50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
1941-1945 " (1995 ) ;
"In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow" (1995 ) ;
"Veteran of labour";
"50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1968 ) ;
"60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1978 ) ;
"70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1988 ) ;
Zhukov's medal.

In 1988, by the Decision of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences
"Z and outstanding work in the field of rocket and space technology "
Academician Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich was awarded
Gold medal named after S.P. Queen.

By the decision of the City Council from May 27, 1987
Utkin Vladimir Fedorovichwas awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of Ryazan" .

He was also awarded the title "Honorable Sircities
Kasimov Ryazan region ".

By the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated April 11, 1995 No. 293/95
"For outstanding contribution to the creation of rocket and space systems, strengthening
international cooperation in the space industry and in communication
on the 10th anniversary of the first launch of the Zenit launch vehicle "
Director of the Central Research Institute
mechanical engineering (The Russian Federation) Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich
was awarded the Commemorative Badge of Honor of the President of Ukraine .

By order of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
No. 1459-r dated October 8, 1998 "For his great personal contribution to the formation
and development of the rocket and space industry , many years of conscientious work
and in connection with the 75th birthday anniversary " Director of the Federal State
unitary enterprise "Central Research Institute
mechanical engineering "Russian Space Agency
Utkin Vladimir Fedorovichwas awarded a Certificate of Merit .
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UTKIN VLADIMIR FEDOROVICH

(17.10.1923–15.02.2000)

Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin is a prominent scientist, general designer of rockets, launch vehicles and spacecraft, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and State Prizes, full member of the Academies of Sciences of Russia and Ukraine, the International Academy of Astronautics, President of the Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Doctor of Technical Sciences, author of over 200 scientific papers, awarded six Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, two Orders of the Red Star, Patriotic War I and II degrees, "For Services to the Fatherland" I and II degrees, 14 medals. Member of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), deputy of the Supreme Soviet (1972-1991).

Born on October 17, 1923 in the village of Pustobor, Ryazan Region. Soon the family moved to the village of Lashma near the ancient city of Kasimov, where he spent his childhood and youth. In 1941 he graduated with honors from secondary school No. 2 in Kasimov and in August he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. From 1942 until the end of the war he fought on various fronts, was awarded military orders and medals.

In 1946 he entered the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute, after which in 1952 he was sent to the Yuzhnoye design bureau in Dnepropetrovsk, where he went through all the stages of engineering growth. In 1967 he became the first deputy chief designer and chief of the design bureau, and since 1970, after the death of M.K. Yangel, headed the enterprise, first as chief, and then, since 1979, as general designer and chief of Yuzhnoye design bureau. In 1986 he became the general director and general designer of the Yuzhnoye NPO.

During this time, four strategic missile systems have been developed and put into service, several launch vehicles have been created. Recent developments include the highly efficient, environmentally friendly Zenit launch vehicle; SS-24 solid-propellant rocket; unparalleled highly effective strategic missile SS-18 ("Voyevoda" or "Satan" according to NATO classification). Developed by V.F. Utkin ensured the parity of domestic nuclear missile forces in countering US nuclear weapons. Among the achievements of the design bureau, headed by V.F. Utkin, also include the creation of multiple orbital missile warheads, the development of a unique mortar type of launch of a heavy rocket from a mine, the solution of a set of scientific and technical problems that ensure continuous combat alert of liquid-propellant missiles in a fueled state for many years, ensuring the resistance of missiles under the influence of nuclear damaging factors. explosion. The strategy of the designer-scientist V.F. Utkin - finding alternative optimal scientific and technical solutions at minimal cost.

In the field of space research, various satellites for defense and scientific purposes have been implemented. In total, more than three hundred spacecraft of the Kosmos family developed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau were launched into orbits, making up a significant part of the total number of satellites in this series.

V.F. Utkin took an active part in the work on the use of defense scientific and technical developments in the interests of science and the national economy: the creation of a Cyclone carrier rocket based on the SS-9 combat vehicle, the Kosmos-1500 satellite used to withdraw a caravan of ships from the ice The East Siberian Sea and became the ancestor of the well-known series of satellites "Ocean", designed to improve the safety and efficiency of navigation.

Since 1990 V.F. Utkin is the director of the Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (TsNIIMash) of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos). With the direct participation of Vladimir Fedorovich, the Federal Space Program of Russia has been developed. The merits and experience of V.F. Utkin, authority in international scientific circles largely determined his appointment as co-chairman of a joint expert commission with NASA - the "Utkin-Stafford Commission", which exercises mutual control over the problematic issues of creating the ISS.

Vladimir Fedorovich headed the coordinating scientific and technical council of Rosaviakosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences for research and experiments at the Mir manned station and the Russian segment of the ISS, was an active participant in international cooperation in the exploration and development of outer space. A significant event was the implementation of the extensive Intercosmos program, which was a significant contribution to the joint exploration of near-earth space by scientists from different countries. In collaboration with French scientists, the Arcad project was carried out using the Oryol satellite.

Died on February 15, 2000. Buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. His bust was installed in Ryazan, and a memorial to V.F. Utkin.

Academician Vladimir Utkin (right) and his first deputy for the Yuzhnoye design bureau B.I. Gubanov.Photo from the site www.space.com.ua

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, International Academy of Astronautics, President of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of Lenin and State prizes, holder of many military and highest labor awards of the USSR, Russia and Ukraine, author of 200 scientific works and many inventions ... This is generally known information about Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin (1923-2000), 90 years from the date of birth of which it was October 17, 2013.

From Zenith to Satan

Vladimir Utkin was born and spent his childhood on the Ryazan land. Graduated with honors from secondary school No. 2 in Kasimov. The graduation party, which began on June 21, 1941, ended at dawn on June 22 ... Since August 1941, the Red Army soldier Utkin has been in the ranks of the Red Army. He fought on various fronts of the Great Patriotic War, going from Volkhov to Berlin.

After demobilization in 1946 he entered the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute. He combined his studies with work in the institute laboratory. After successfully graduating from Voenmech in 1952, he was employed in the design department of the Yuzhmash plant (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine).

In a little over two years, a young specialist has covered the distance from a design engineer to the head of a department. In 1954, the plant began mass production of missiles - at the same time, by the way, with the previously mastered wheeled tractors. A number of ballistic missiles were developed with Utkin's participation.

During the reconstruction of the enterprise, the design department was transformed into a Special design bureau - OKB-586 (later - Design Bureau "Yuzhnoye"), and Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel was appointed chief designer. In 1971, after the death of Yangel, Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin became the chief and chief designer of the Yuzhnoye design bureau.

Among the space products that were developed at the Yuzhnoye design bureau are the Kosmos and Cyclone launch vehicles, the Kosmos-1500 satellite, and the Ocean series of satellites. A masterpiece of rocket and space technology was created under the leadership of V.F. Utkin, a two-stage launch vehicle for Zenit spacecraft operating on environmentally friendly kerosene and liquid oxygen. For the mass-energy efficiency of Zenit, foreign experts called it the highest technical achievement of the twentieth century.

A special place in the world defense technology is occupied by the missile system created at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau - a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fueled by liquid fuel. The firing range, depending on the mass of the warhead, can reach 16 thousand km. She has increased survivability in a nuclear explosion and has the technical capabilities to overcome the US missile defense. Its payload mass is twice that of the American MX. To prevent the monstrous power of the engines of this rocket from damaging the silo launcher, a mortar launch was used. According to American experts, this is the world's best missile weapon.

The NATO command, being strongly impressed by the capabilities of the Soviet ICBM, assigned it its own index - Satan, that is, "Satan". The shock caused by the appearance of this missile forced the leadership of the United States of America to negotiate strategic arms limitation. And Vladimir Fedorovich himself said: "We made" Satan "so that such a weapon would never be used."

The era of TsNIIMash

In 1990 V.F. Utkin was appointed director of TsNIIMash in Korolev, Moscow Region. By this time, he was already known in the rocket and space industry. Vladimir Fedorovich headed the head research institute of the rocket and space industry during the difficult time of the collapse of the USSR. However, his work in the new location was successful, which was facilitated by long-standing contacts between the Yuzhnoye design bureau and TsNIIMash in the course of work on the creation of new-generation strategic missile systems that ensured parity of domestic nuclear forces, as well as several types of space launch vehicles and vehicles.

The Deputy General Director of TsNIIMash for Science, Academician Nikolai Apollonovich Anfimov recalls: “In all these works, Vladimir Fedorovich and the employees of Yuzhnoye Design Bureau worked closely with TsNIIMash: in the the customer's assignment, both in the course of design calculations, and during experimental development and testing of the complexes being created. Particularly close ties with the "southerners" were among the aerodynamics, strength specialists, loudspeakers and thermal engineers of the institute. All KB developments were checked in the course of calculations and experiments at TsNIIMash. "

As the director of TsNIIMash, V.F. Utkin did a lot to preserve the integrity of the leading research institute of the industry in the new economic conditions, made a significant contribution to the development of the Programs for scientific and applied research and experiments on board the orbital manned stations Mir and the ISS, became president of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky. Despite all the difficulties of the "era of change", it was during the period of Utkin's directorship at TsNIIMash that serious progress took place in some areas of work.

Convinced that the institute, along with research work, must take on the lead role in various experimental design developments, Vladimir Fedorovich launched research and development work at the institute to ensure the creation of experimental special-purpose aircraft for based on critical technologies and key elements of the new generation. As a result, TsNIIMash won a competition from one of the most authoritative design bureaus in this area of ​​technology and received a corresponding state order, which gave work to a number of departments of the institute and related organizations.

Unique results have been achieved in matters related to the GLONASS space navigation system. These tasks are solved by the team of the Department of Navigation Satellite Systems as part of the same MCC (more precisely, MCC-M), familiar to everyone from TV reports about the next launch of cosmonauts to the Mir station or the ISS. Navigation based on artificial satellites of the Earth is rightly called the Third Scientific and Technological Revolution of the late twentieth century. Work on high-precision determination of satellite orbits based on laser measurements began in 1990. The high level of results and active participation in international cooperation led to the fact that MCC-M has been an official participant in the work of the International Earth Rotation Service since 1994.

It should be noted the very important role of V.F. Utkin in the organization of conversion development at TsNIIMash. In particular, the work of the strength divisions related to solving problems that have arisen in the nuclear industry, as well as ensuring the safety of the functioning of Russian hydroelectric facilities, is of great importance. Together with Lengidrostal, projects have been developed and more than 60 new generation sluice gates with a guaranteed service life of 100 years have been commissioned. A number of possible accidents with unpredictable catastrophic consequences were prevented.

Great rocket scientist

Vladimir Fedorovich devoted a lot of effort to international cooperation in the field of space. Under the leadership of the director of TsNIIMash, a scientific and technical examination of the safety of international space flights was organized on board the domestic manned orbital complex Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). All this was done within the framework of the joint Russian-American Utkin-Stafford commission, named after its co-chairmen.

Heading the Coordinating Scientific and Technical Council (KSTC) of Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences for research and experiments at the Mir station and the Russian segment of the ISS, Vladimir Fedorovich supervised the consideration and selection of proposals from Russian scientists to conduct research and experiments on board the orbital stations. Under the auspices of the KNTS, a large amount of work was carried out on the formation and implementation of research programs, including with the participation of international partners. Vladimir Fedorovich knew how to set tasks and organize work that was interesting to everyone.

At times, those present at the KNTS could not always immediately grasp the problem as a whole, so a debate arose. Vladimir Fedorovich always listened to the speakers to the end, and then, as it sometimes seemed, authoritarianly summed up the discussions with literally one or two capacious phrases.

Everyone who interacted with Vladimir Fedorovich during his work at TsNIIMash noted his rare commitment and clarity in work, deep knowledge and great interest not only in those areas of science and technology that he had to cover by the nature of his work. The academician was a well-educated person, he knew and loved poetry, the art of theater and cinema. Proving the expediency of making certain technical decisions, he often cited historical and literary examples, figurative comparisons, memories from his Ryazan youth, and always to the point, as additional arguments.

In 2003, a memorial plaque in memory of the great rocket scientist was unveiled on the facade of the main building of TsNIIMash. An organizing committee has been created that annually awards academician Utkin gold and silver medals.

Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich is a well-known figure in the field of Soviet and Russian rocketry. He devoted most of his life to the Yuzhnoye design bureau (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), having risen to the position of its chief.

Childhood of a scientist

On October 17, 1923, Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin was born in the now defunct village of Pustobor in the Ryazan region. His family was large - his parents raised four sons. Mom Anisia Efimovna devoted all her time to her children, being a housewife, and father Fyodor Dementyevich was first a factory worker in his native village, and then worked as a planner-economist at an iron foundry in the village of Lashma, where the Utkin family moved shortly after the birth of Vladimir.

The future rocket engineer graduated from high school in the ancient town of Kasimov with a round honors student. Utkin received his matriculation certificate in June 1941. And then the Great Patriotic War began ...

War

Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich, whose biography began in the twenty-third year, belonged to the generation of Soviet men who went to the front almost immediately after the prom. In October 1941 he was supposed to be eighteen years old, and in August the young man was drafted into the Red Army.

Having mastered the profession of a military telegraph operator, Utkin got into the heat of the war. First, he defended his homeland as part of the 21st separate communications regiment. After a while, he was transferred to the 49th separate communications company. From 1942 to 1945 he fought on different fronts: the First Ukrainian, Third Belorussian, Southern, Fourth Ukrainian, North Caucasian and Volkhov. I got to Berlin. He was awarded various orders and medals.

Student years

Returning home with a victory, Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich hastened to realize his dream - to get a higher education. Following the example of his older brother Alexei, he travels to the city on the Neva and enters the military mechanical institute, which forged personnel for the country's military industry. The best representatives of the industrial and technical intelligentsia of the Soviet Union studied here.

Despite the fact that Vladimir graduated from school with honors, institute knowledge was given to him with difficulty. Five years have passed since the prom, and a lot has been forgotten. In addition, the student had to earn extra money to support himself. And this did not have the best effect on my studies. First, he unloaded the wagons, and in his senior years a place was found for him in the research sector of the institute, where he underwent a very important practice. Utkin received his specialist diploma in 1952.

KB "Yuzhnoye"

As noted above, Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin devoted most of his life to work in the Yuzhnoye design bureau at a machine-building plant in Dnepropetrovsk, where he was assigned immediately after graduation. This plant was built by the whole country, and the bureau was considered one of the leading in the Union, so such a distribution could be considered a great success.

Initially, it was planned that the enterprise would produce cars, but at that moment the space campaign was gaining momentum in the Soviet Union, and the management decided to use the factory facilities for the production of rockets.

Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich began his career in the bureau as a design engineer, and continued as a senior engineer, head of a group, deputy head of a department, deputy chief designer and, finally, general director of Yuzhnoye design bureau.

In 1986, Yuzhmash was headed by the future president of Ukraine. At the same time, Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin was appointed director of the bureau. The photos of which two prominent figures are captured side by side can be found in the archives of the enterprise, in the newspapers of those years.

Professional achievements

During his work in the design bureau, Utkin proved himself to be a talented scientist and a wise leader, who knew how to find alternative scientific and technical solutions with minimal resource and time costs. This strategy was the main one in the activities of Vladimir Fedorovich.

During his tenure as chief designer and then director, Yuzhnoye distinguished itself by creating modern spacecraft and launch vehicles. Under the strict guidance of Utkin, four rocket complexes were developed, produced and put into operation, which equalized the space achievements of the Soviet Union with similar American ones.

The real pride of the bureau is the Zenit rocket, which is highly efficient, environmentally friendly and capable of launching up to twelve tons of payload into orbit; as well as the RT-23 solid-propellant unit and the R-36M super-powerful rocket, which has no analogues in the United States of America and is known as "Satan" among international military experts.

Here are listed the achievements in which a man named Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin is involved, briefly. His biography, relating to the period of his work in the design bureau, is actually much richer and deserves a whole book.

The international cooperation

Vladimir Fedorovich devoted a lot of time and effort to various international projects. One of the most productive was the large-scale Interkosmos program, within the framework of which scientists from different countries jointly explored the near-earth space. You can also remember the "Arcade" project, implemented together with the French.

Central Research Institute

The last decade of the twentieth century and his life, Vladimir Fedorovich Utkin gave work at the Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Space Agency, where he served as director. During this period, the scientist saw the main goal of his activity to transfer the country's rocket and space sphere to new "economic rails". Utkin did a lot in this direction.

He made a huge contribution to the development of programs of experiments and applied research on board the ISS and Mir. Under his strict guidance, research was carried out in various sections of the Federal Space Program of the Russian Federation. Research and design work was carried out to create special-purpose vehicles. Thanks to the agreement with the United States, technical support was provided for various problems associated with the operation of the ISS station.

Memory

Utkin Vladimir Fedorovich - scientist, leader, author of many scientific articles and books, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of Socialist Labor - left this world on February 15, 2000.

In memory of him, medals (Gold and Silver) were established, which are awarded to talented scientists for achievements in the field of rocketry.

Utkin's outstanding contribution to the development of rocket and space technology and science is evidenced by his scientific and state awards and titles. Behind them is the enormous work and achievements of Vladimir Fedorovich.

In the settlements where Utkin's childhood passed, his busts were installed. There is a similar monument in Ryazan. And on the buildings of the school that graduated the talented scientist, and the house in which he lived, they flaunt in memory of Vladimir Fedorovich. He was buried in Moscow at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

(October 17, 1923 - February 15, 2000) - Academician, President of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, General Designer of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (1971 - 1990), under his leadership, 4 generations of strategic missile systems were created, director of the Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (TsNIIMash) - the leading industrial institute of rocket and space technology.

Born in the town of Pustobor, Kasimovsky district (now Kasimovsky district). The father worked as a planner-economist at an iron foundry, the mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising four sons.

In 1932 he went to an elementary school in the village. Lashma, where his family had moved by that time, graduated with honors from secondary school No. 2 in Kasimov in 1941 and became a cadet of the Ulyanovsk communications school.

During the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Fedorovich served as a senior mechanic at a military telegraph station in the 278th Fighter Aviation Division, and reached Berlin.

After demobilization, Utkin worked at vocational school No. 5 at the Lashman iron foundry. Since 1946 - student of the faculty of jet weapons of the Leningrad Military-Mechanical Institute (now the Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" named after DF Ustinov - BSTU "Voenmekh"). In the spring of 1952 he defended his diploma and was assigned to OKB-586 in Dnepropetrovsk, where he worked for 38 years. From 1954 to 1960 - head of a group, sector, department, since 1960 - deputy head and chief designer of the Yuzhnoye design bureau.

In the period from 1971 to 1990 - Chief, then - General Designer of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. Under his leadership, 4 generations of strategic missile systems were created, more than 80 types of military and scientific satellites, more than 300 spacecraft were launched into orbits, and several types of launch vehicles were created. With the direct participation of Vladimir Fedorovich, most types of missiles "SS74", "SS79", "SS718", "SS724" were developed and put into service.

Since November 1990, Utkin has been director of the Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (TsNIIMash), the leading industrial institute of rocket and space technology. December 1994 was

formed an independent Russian-American commission on the problems of joint manned flights, co-chaired by Utkin and US astronaut T. Stafford.

Under the leadership of Vladimir Fedorovich, the modern Russian rocket and space technology program was developed. Utkin is the author of a number of major inventions. The list of his main scientific works contains about 200 titles. In 1964 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences, in the same year he became a laureate of the Lenin Prize, and in 1981 - the State Prize of the USSR.

Since 1972 - Corresponding Member, in 1976 - Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, in 1984 elected as Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Vladimir Fedorovich was the President of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics, an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences.

He was awarded six Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Star, Orders of the Patriotic War, 2nd stage. gold medal to them. S.P. Queen. Twice Hero of Socialist Labor.

He died on February 15, 2000 in Moscow. Even during the life of the scientist on K.E. Tsiolkovsky in Ryazan, a bronze bust by the sculptor K.I. Chekanev and architect A.I. Suponina.

In January 2002, the Ryazan City Council made a decision to assign the park in front of the Ryazan College of Industry Technologies, Economics and Law named after Utkin.

In memory of the outstanding Russian scientist, on April 27, 2001, the Academician V.F. Utkin, awarded in two nominations "For contribution to the development of the economy and strengthening of the country's defense" and "For the contribution to the development of the economy of the Ryazan region." Silver medal named after academician V.F. Utkin is awarded in three nominations: "For active public and journalistic activities on the problems of cosmonautics and the country's military-industrial complex", "For achievements in scientific and practical activities in cosmonautics" and "For the development and implementation of new equipment and technologies, the creation of modern highly efficient production facilities. , implementation of socially significant projects in the interests of the development of the Ryazan region ”.

In 2006, at the initiative of the Public Committee named after V.F. Utkin, the Government of the Ryazan Region established a non-profit organization (fund) "Innovation and Technology Center named after Academician V.F. Utkin ".

By the decision of the executive committee of the Ryazan City Council of People's Deputies in May 1987, Utkin was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the City of Ryazan."

Based on materials from the book "Honorary Citizens of the Ryazan Region and the City of Ryazan" (Biobibliographic Index / RUNB named after Gorky. - Ryazan, 2009).