Tsentral in Tula in Leninsky District, Tulskaya oblast, Russia — Россия (Eastern Europe or Northern Asia)

Vasiliy Ivanovich Dmitriev

Photographed by Charles Berman, November 28, 2021

1. Vasiliy Ivanovich Dmitriev Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

В этом доме жил ветеран
Великой Отечественной Войны
конструктор
реактивных систем залпового огня,
Лауреат Государственной Премии СССР
Дмитриев
Василий Иванович
(1920-1996)

In this house lived the veteran of the Great Fatherland War, designer of multiple launch rocket systems, Laureate

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of the State Prize of the USSR, Vasiliy Ivanovich Dmitriev (1920-1996).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.

Location. 54° 11.451′ N, 37° 36.926′ E. Marker is in Tula, Tulskaya oblast, in Leninsky District. It is in Tsentral. It is on Prospekt Lenina. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Prospekt Lenina 19, Tula, Tulskaya oblast 30004-1, Russia. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is on the Pacific Rim.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Soviet Union

and also the Russian Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Vladimir Ivanovich Medvedev (a few steps from this marker); Ivan Mikhaylovich Duvanin (a few steps from this marker); Nikolai Semenovich Chukov (a few steps from this marker); Aleksandr Nikitovich Ganichev (within shouting distance of this marker); House of M.M. Beloborodov (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line in Tula Oblast); Exaltation of the Cross Temple (approx. half a kilometer away in Tula Oblast).

Also see . . . Dimitriyev, Vasily Ivanovich (Wikipedia, in Russian).

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otherwise Дмитриев, Василий Иванович

Excerpt: Vasily Ivanovich Dmitriev (12.01.1920 — 18.03.1996) — weapons developer, laureate of the USSR State Prize (1969).

From 1949, he worked at Research Institute 147 (the future NPO SPLAV) in positions ranging from technician to department head and chief designer of the department. His department developed a new area of the ammunition industry - multiple launch rocket systems, including Grad, Uragan, Smerch, Oblako, etc. The developments are protected by 213 copyright certificates.

(Submitted on August 8, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 12 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 24, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.