Gleb Kotelnikov

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Gleb Kotelnikov
Born	(1872-01-18)18 January 1872 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died	22 November 1944(1944-11-22) (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. Kotelnikov was the Russian-Soviet inventor of the knapsack parachute (first in the hard casing and then in the soft pack), and braking parachute.