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Set of two souvenirs and four desk medals
Andrei Nikolayevich TUPOLEV
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Туполев; 10 November[O.S. 29 October]1888 – 23 December 1972) was a Sovietaeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as Director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.
Tupolev was an early pioneer of aeronauticsin Russia and served as a protegé of Nikolay Zhukovsky. Tupolev designed or oversaw the design of more than 100 types of civilian and military aircraft in the Soviet Union over 50 years, some of which set 78 world records. Tupolev produced many notable designs such as the Tu-2, Tu-16, Tu-95, and Tu-104, and the reverse engineered Tu-4.
Tupolev was highly honoured in the Soviet Union and awarded various titles and honours including the Hero of Socialist Labor three times, Order of Lenin eight times, Order of the Red Banner of Labour two times, made an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1953, and a Colonel-General of the Soviet Air Force in 1968. Tupolev was honoured outside the Soviet Union as an honorary member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in recognition of his work. In 2018, Vnukovo International Airport was formally renamed to Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport in his honour.
All objects are different.
Diameter of one desk medal - 60mm.
Souvenirs: TU-134 & TU-144
Material - Aluminium.
Cost for the whole set.
Made in USSR.
Please see photos. All pictures are actual.
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