Arkady Shvetsov

Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov
BornJanuary 1892
Nizhniye Sergi, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Died19 March 1953(1953-03-19) (aged 61)
Moscow
NationalitySoviet
OccupationAircraft engine designer
Known forProducer of Shvetsov M-25 engine
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour

Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov (Russian: Аркадий Дмитриевич Швецов) (January 1892, Nizhniye Sergi, today's Sverdlovsk Oblast - 19 March 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer whose OKB was founded in Perm, USSR, in 1934, to produce the Wright Cyclone-derived Shvetsov M-25 engine. Under Shvetsov, his OKB became the primary provider of radial piston engines for Soviet aircraft industry (Mikulin's and Klimov's OKB were assigned to creation of in-line engines). After his death in 1953, the OKB was taken over by Pavel Soloviev.[1]

  1. ^ "Швецов Аркадий Дмитриевич". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2019-05-13.