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Georgy Langemak

1898 - 1938

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Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (Russian: Георгий Эрихович Лангемак; 8 July [O.S. 26 June] 1898 – 11 January 1938) was a Soviet engineer, working on rocket design applications. He is chiefly remembered for being the co-designer and directing the development of the aircraft unguided rockets, such as the RS-82 and RS-132, which were modified to be used with such success in the Katyusha rocket launchers of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgy Langemak has received more than 71,975 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Georgy Langemak is the 283rd most popular engineer (down from 244th in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 590th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Georgy Langemak ranks 283 out of 389. Before him are Rudy Van Gelder, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Arthur Rudolph, Ransom E. Olds, and Pierre-François Bouchard. After him are Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, Alan Shugart, Frances Spence, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and Peter Chen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Georgy Langemak ranks 213. Before him are Zhu Ziqing, Hugh O'Flaherty, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Marilyn Miller, Antonio Urdinarán, and Eduard Wiiralt. After him are Rosa Chacel, William Astbury, Kay Sage, William Jordan, Georg Kulenkampff, and Riichi Yokomitsu. Among people deceased in 1938, Georgy Langemak ranks 180. Before him are José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Víctor Morales, Heinrich Held, Isaak Zelensky, Miguel Fleta, and Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann. After him are John Derbyshire, Albertson Van Zo Post, Lajos Tihanyi, Hale Asaf, Clarence Darrow, and Ekaterine Gabashvili.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Georgy Langemak ranks 765 out of 1,365. Before him are Józef Kowalski (1900), Klavdiya Shulzhenko (1906), Aleksandr Ponomarev (1918), Alexander Ostrowski (1893), Andriy Yermak (1971), and Maksim Kovalevsky (1851). After him are Ivan Horbachevsky (1854), Aleksei Petrenko (1938), Pyotr Konchalovsky (1876), Fyodor Bredikhin (1831), Olena Chekan (1946), and Natalia Poklonskaya (1980).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ukraine

Among engineers born in Ukraine, Georgy Langemak ranks 9. Before him are Yuri Kondratyuk (1897), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Borys Paton (1918), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Arkhip Lyulka (1908), and Markus Reiner (1886). After him are Sergey Volkov (1973).

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