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Soviet inventors
...This is a list of inventors from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities.
This list also includes those who were born in Russia or its predecessor states but later emigrated, and those who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country or worked there for a considerable time, (producing inventions on Russian soil).
For Russian inventions in chronological order, see the Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records.
Alphabetical list
A
B
C
Portrait | Person | Inventions | Image |
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Vladimir Chelomey (1914–1984) Russian Empire Soviet Union |
first space station (Salyut 1), further space stations of Salyut series, Proton rocket (the most used heavy lift launch system)[36] | ||
Pavel Cherenkov (1904–1990) Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Cherenkov detector[37] | ||
Evgeniy Chertovsky (1902–?) Russian Empire Soviet Union Russian Federation |
pressure suit[38] | ||
Alexander Chizhevsky (1897–1964) Russian Empire Soviet Union |
air ionizer (Chizhevsky's chandelier)[39] | ||
Andrey Chokhov (c. 1545–1629) Grand Duchy of Moscow Tsardom of Russia |
Tsar Cannon, the largest bombard by caliber but inoperative[40] |
D
E
Portrait | Person | Inventions | Image |
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Ivan Elmanov Russian Empire |
first monorail (the so-called "Road on Pillars" near Moscow, with horse-drawn carriages)[48] |
F
Portrait | Person | Inventions | Image |
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Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920) Russian Empire |
Fabergé Eggs[49] | ||
Nicolas Florine (1891–1972) Russian Empire Belgium (born in Georgia) |
first tandem rotor helicopter to fly freely[50] | ||
Ivan Fyodorov (c. 1510–1583) Grand Duchy of Moscow Tsardom of Russia Poland-Lithuania |
invented multibarreled mortar, introduced printing in Russia[51] | ||
Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000) Soviet Union Russian Federation |
radial keratotomy[52] | ||
Vladimir Fyodorov (1874–1966) Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Fedorov Avtomat (first self-loading battle rifle, arguably the first assault rifle)[53] |
G
H
Portrait | Person | Inventions | Image |
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Waldemar Haffkine (1860–1930) Russian Empire Switzerland |
developed and used first vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague[69][70] |
I
Portrait | Person | Inventions | Image |
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Gavriil Ilizarov (1921–1992) Soviet Union Russian Federation |
Ilizarov apparatus, external fixation, distraction osteogenesis[71][72] | ||
Sergey Ilyushin (1894–1977) Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Il-series fighter aircraft, including Ilyushin Il-2 bomber (the most produced military aircraft in history)[73] | ||
Aleksei Isaev (1908–1971) Russian Empire Soviet Union (second left on photo) |
first rocket-powered fighter aircraft, BI-1 (together with Bereznyak)[25] | ||
Isidore Grand Duchy of Moscow |
Russian vodka[74] | ||
Vladislav Ivanov (1936–2007) Soviet Union Russian Federation |
Pioneer of Magnetic resonance imaging[75][76][77] |
J
Portrait | Person | Inventions | Image |
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Boris Jacobi (1801–1874) Prussia Russian Empire |
electrotyping (an application of electroplating to typography), electric boat[78] |