Vyacheslav Malyshev

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malyshev (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Малышев; 3 December 1902 — 20 February 1957) was a Soviet statesman who was one of the leading figures of Soviet industry during the 1940s and 1950s. He was a specialist in electrical engineering and shipbuilding and was instrumental in developing the Soviet's atomic bomb project and rocket and space technology.

Vyacheslav Malyshev
Вячеслав Малышев
Malyshev in 1938
People's Commissariat for Heavy Machine Building
In office
19 June 1939  17 April 1940
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byAleksandr Yefremov
Minister of Medium Machine Building
In office
17 July 1953  28 February 1957
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byAvraami Zavenyagin
Full member of the 19th Presidium
In office
16 October 1952  6 March 1953
Personal details
Born(1902-12-03)December 3, 1902
Ust-Sysolsk, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 20, 1957(1957-09-20) (aged 54)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathAcute radiation syndrome
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
CitizenshipSoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1957)
OccupationEngineer, politician
Known forSoviet nuclear technology
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