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Boris Chertok

1912 - 2011

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Boris Yevseyevich Chertok (Russian: Бори́с Евсе́евич Черто́к; 14 March [O.S. 1 March] 1912 – 14 December 2011) was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos. Major responsibility under his guidance was primarily based on computerized control system of the Russian missiles and rocketry system, and authored the four-volume book Rockets and People– the definitive source of information about the history of the Soviet space program. From 1974, he was the deputy chief designer of the Korolev design bureau, the space aircraft designer bureau which he started working for in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Chertok has received more than 69,782 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Boris Chertok is the 268th most popular engineer (down from 252nd in 2019), the 930th most popular biography from Poland (down from 861st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Boris Chertok ranks 268 out of 389. Before him are Markus Reiner, Eugene Polley, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Ernest Goüin, Sergey Chaplygin, and Mikhail Simonov. After him are Verghese Kurien, Marcel Deprez, Hendrik Wade Bode, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Louis Pouzin, and Preston Tucker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Boris Chertok ranks 258. Before him are Pietro Palazzini, Maguba Syrtlanova, Ollie Johnston, Lightnin' Hopkins, Iuliu Bodola, and Glenn Morris. After him are Givi Javakhishvili, Morris Louis, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Alexander Mackendrick, Santiago Lovell, and Alexandru Todea. Among people deceased in 2011, Boris Chertok ranks 278. Before him are Tura Satana, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Wilson Greatbatch, Hans Apel, Mikhail Simonov, and Filoimea Telito. After him are Gary Speed, Birgitta Trotzig, Milivoj Ašner, Iya Savvina, Gilbert Adair, and May-Louise Flodin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Boris Chertok ranks 930 out of 1,694. Before him are Tomasz Stańko (1942), Heinz Hopf (1894), Arkadiusz Milik (1994), Gerhard Stöck (1911), Zygmunt Noskowski (1846), and Franz Theodor Kugler (1808). After him are David Seymour (1911), Danuta Siedzikówna (1928), Julius Hübner (1806), Wilhelm Hemprich (1796), Bolesław Leśmian (1877), and Dariusz Wolski (1956).

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Among ENGINEERS In Poland

Among engineers born in Poland, Boris Chertok ranks 10. Before him are Józef Bem (1794), Kurt Tank (1898), Henryk Dembiński (1791), Konstantin Kalinin (1887), Walter Thiel (1910), and Johannes Winkler (1897).

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