Nikolay Leonidovich Dukhov Nikolay Leonidovich Dukhov (Russian: Николай Леонидович Духов) (26 October 1904 - 1 May 1964) was a Soviet designer for cars, tractors, tanks, and nuclear weapons.

Biography

N.L.Dukhovu was working in a tractor factory. In 1926, the factory Komsomol assembly sent him to study in an institute in Kharkov, followed by a transfer without test to mechanical faculty in the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute to study engineer-design for tractors and cars. He was responsible for designing the Soviet tractors and heavy tanks in the 1930's.

In World War II he was co-designer (with Zhozef Kotin) of the Stalin

Iosif Stalin tank

The Iosif Stalin tank , was a heavy tank developed by the Soviet Union during World War II and first used in the Kursk area in September 1943...

 heavy tank.

In 1948, he was nominated as the assistant to Yulii Khariton, the chief designer of the Soviet atomic bomb

Soviet atomic bomb project

The Soviet project to develop an atomic bomb , was a clandestine research and development program began during and post-World War II, in the wake of the Soviet Union's discovery of the United States' nuclear project...

. He continued his work on nuclear projects until his death in 1964.

He taught in the Leningrad Road Institute and at mechanical faculty of the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute. He became a corresponding member of the Academy of sciences of the USSR (1953).

Awards

Nikolay Dukhov received three awards of Hero of Socialist Labor

Hero of Socialist Labor

Hero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...

 (1945 - for tank designs, 1949 — for the first Soviet atomic bomb, and 1954 — for the first hydrogen bomb). He was also the winner of the Order of Lenin

Order of Lenin

The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...

 (1960) and five Stalin Prize (1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 and 1953), Lenin's four awards (1940), Suvorov's Awards of second degree, the Labour Red Banner, the Red Star

Red star

A red star, five-pointed and filled, is an important ideological and religious symbol which has been used for various purposes, such as: state emblems, flags, monuments, ornaments, and logos.- Symbol of communism :...

.

In 2004, Ukraine celebrated the 100 anniversary of his birth.