
Mikhail Kalashnikov
1919 - 2013
Mikhail Kalashnikov is most famous for inventing the AK-47, which is a rifle that can be used by both military and civilians.
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The top 10 Engineers from Russia trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.

b. 1984
Trending in Russian (#15) Wikipedia (7,730 views, on Jul 14).
This page contains a list of the greatest Russians Engineers. The pantheon dataset contains 409 Engineers, 45 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 4th most number of Engineers behind United Kingdom and United States.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russian Engineers of all time. This list of famous Russian Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Russian Engineers.

1919 - 2013
Mikhail Kalashnikov is most famous for inventing the AK-47, which is a rifle that can be used by both military and civilians.

1857 - 1935
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is most famous for his work in rocketry and space exploration. He was a pioneer in the field of astronautics and is often called "the father of rocketry."

1904 - 1980
Alexei Kosygin was a Soviet politician and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the head of government, from 1964 to 1980. He helped manage the Soviet Union's economy during the Cold War.

1931 - 1995
Anatoly Dyatlov was a Russian mountaineer who led a team of nine climbers to the summit of the Dyatlov Pass in 1959. Dyatlov and his team were found dead on the way back down the mountain, and the cause of death remains unknown.

1888 - 1972
Andrei Tupolev is most famous for designing and engineering the Tupolev TU-144, the first supersonic passenger jet.

1894 - 1977
Sergey Ilyushin was a Russian aircraft designer who designed many Soviet planes. He is most famous for his work on the IL-2 Sturmovik, which was the best fighter plane in World War II.

1892 - 1976
Soviet aircraft designer

1947 - 2023
Soviet MiG-25 pilot who defected to the West

1847 - 1921
Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847-1921) was a Russian scientist and engineer who is most famous for his work in aerodynamics. He was the first to propose the idea of a jet engine, and he also invented a propeller that was used on the first ever hydroplane.

1880 - 1949
Russian and Soviet weapons designer
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