Russian Inventors - Inventions from Russia
Russian inventors and the history of famous inventions originating from Russia.
Nikolai Benardos
Benardos is considered the co-inventor of modern welding apparatus.
Benardos is considered the co-inventor of modern welding apparatus.
Samuel Born
Born an immigrant from Russia invented a lollipop making machine.
Born an immigrant from Russia invented a lollipop making machine.
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907 - 1966)
Rocket engineer and designer, "Father of the space program.
Rocket engineer and designer, "Father of the space program.
Dmitri Mendeleev
Mendeleev has been credited with the invention of the periodic table.
Mendeleev has been credited with the invention of the periodic table.
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (1889 - 1972)
Helicopter and aircraft designer.
Helicopter and aircraft designer.
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857 - 1935)
Rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautics.
Rocket scientist and pioneer of astronautics.
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (1899 - 1982)
Physicist and electrical engineer - invented the cathode-ray tube called the kinescope in 1929, a tube needed for television transmission. Zworykin also invented the iconoscope, an early television camera.
Physicist and electrical engineer - invented the cathode-ray tube called the kinescope in 1929, a tube needed for television transmission. Zworykin also invented the iconoscope, an early television camera.