Soviet aircraft engine designer (1892–1953)
Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov |
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| Born | January 1892
Nizhniye Sergi, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
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| Died | 19 March 1953(1953-03-19) (aged 61)
Moscow |
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| Nationality | Soviet |
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| Occupation | Aircraft engine designer |
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| Known for | Producer of Shvetsov M-25 engine |
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| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour |
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Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov (Russian: Аркадий Дмитриевич Швецов) (January 1892, Nizhniye Sergi, today's Sverdlovsk Oblast - 19 March 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer whose OKB was founded in Perm, USSR, in 1934, to produce the Wright Cyclone-derived Shvetsov M-25 engine. Under Shvetsov, his OKB became the primary provider of radial piston engines for Soviet aircraft industry (Mikulin's and Klimov's OKB were assigned to creation of in-line engines). After his death in 1953, the OKB was taken over by Pavel Soloviev.[1]
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