Aleksandr Yakovlevich Bereznyak (29 December [O.S. 16 December] 1912 – 7 July 1974) was a Soviet aircraft and missile designer. He was the chief designer of MKB Raduga, from March 1957.
Aleksandr Bereznyak was born on 29 December 1912 in Boyarkino, Ozyorsky District, Moscow Oblast.
He was employed in aviation industries since 1931. Bereznyak was a graduate of the Moscow Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1938). He was an engineer in the experimental design bureau of V. F. Bolkhovitinov. While working in the bureau, he designed the first soviet jet, the BI-1, which was equipped with liquid fuel to power a rocket engine. The BI-1 was created in 1942 in co-operation with A. M. Isaev). He became Vice-chief designer of OKB-2 in 1946, later to become the chief designer in 1957. Other his developments include:
In March 1957 he was assigned to lead the newly established MKB Raduga in the village of Ivankovo near the town of Dubna. This had started in 1951 as Branch 2 of Artem Mikoyan's OKB-155 to produce the KS-1 Komet missle. Raduga specialized in a range of tactical missiles.
Bereznyak was a Doctor in Engineering (1968).
Aleksandr Bereznyak died on 7 July 1974 in Dubna, Moscow Oblast.
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