Ardalion Rastov
{{Short description|Soviet engineer, chief designer of surface-to-air missile systems (1926–2012)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ardalion Rastov
| birth_name = Ardalion Ardalionovich Rastov
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|6|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|07|31|1926|6|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Moscow, Russia
| alma_mater = Moscow Energy Institute (1949)
| occupation = {{hlist|Engineer|scientist|chief designer}}
| employer = Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (since 1949)
| notable_works = Kub and Buk surface-to-air missile systems
}}
Ardalion Ardalionovich Rastov ({{langx|ru|Ардалион Ардалионович Растов}}; 17 June 1926, Moscow – 31 July 2012, Moscow) was a Soviet engineer and chief designer of Kub and Buk surface-to-air missile systems.{{cite web|last=Karulina|first=Yelizaveta|url=http://www.zhukvesti.ru/articles/detail/31230 |title=Умер академик Растов — Жуковские ВЕСТИ |publisher=Zhukvesti.ru|date=30 July 2012 |accessdate=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804185942/http://www.zhukvesti.ru/articles/detail/31230/ |archivedate=4 August 2012 }}
Biography
Rastov studied radio-electronic engineering at Moscow Energy Institute, graduating in 1949. Since 1948 he worked for NII-17 and in 1953 was appointed a deputy to chief designer of Izumrud-2 radar for MiG-17 and MiG-19. Later, in 1955, he was moved to Zhukovsky division of NII-17, currently known as Tikhomirov NIIP, where he directed testing of the K-5 air-to-air missile for MiG-17 and MiG-19.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
Since 1957, Rastov worked as a chief designer of Kub missile system (1967—1983) which has successful military service record (more than 500 systems produced). Being for the 16 years a chief designer he made 7 modifications of Kub design. He authored numerous research papers and inventions in aircraft and missile systems.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}
Awards and honors
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1957)
- Order of the October Revolution (1971)
- Lenin Prize (1972)
- USSR State Prize (1980)
- Order of Lenin (1983)
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1983){{cite web|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=15433|title=Растов Ардалион Ардалионович|website=Герои страны|last=Serdyukov|first=Igor}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://milparade.udm.ru/27/126.htm |title=Chief Designer Ardalion Rastov |accessdate=23 August 2008 |work=Military Parade |date=31 August 1998 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123083209/http://milparade.udm.ru/27/126.htm |archivedate=23 January 2009 }} by Prof. Anatoly Kanashchenkov and Alexander Osokin
- Vyacheslav Abanin, Yevgeny Pigin, Ardalion Rastov [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051720/http://milparade.udm.ru/27/036.htm Rebirth of Kub], Military Parade, 1998.
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Category:20th-century Russian engineers
Category:Engineers from Moscow
Category:Moscow Power Engineering Institute alumni
Category:Heroes of Socialist Labour
Category:Recipients of the Lenin Prize
Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Category:Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Category:Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design employees