Pyotr Mozharov

{{Short description|Soviet engineer}}

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Pyotr Vladimirovich Mozharov (1888 – 1934) was a Soviet engineer who is often referred to as the father of the Soviet Motorcycle Industry.{{cite news |title=Петр Можаров и его мотоциклы (Pyotr Mozharov and his motorcycles) |url=http://moto.zr.ru/articles/55169 |work=Moto |date=1 March 2004 |access-date=2008-10-18 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is most famous for his early work at IZH{{cite book |title=Biblioteka "Komsomolʹskoĭ pravdy." |year=1977 |publisher=Izd-vo "Komsomolʹskoĭ pravdy." |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEg9AAAAIAAJ&q=%22%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%22 |access-date=2008-10-18|page=22}} as well as the design of the NATI (PMZ)-A-750 motorcycle for the Red Army. Mokharov together with English designer Henry Baughan independently developed the concept of driving the sidecar wheel in 1928.

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Category:1888 births

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Category:Soviet engineers

Category:Soviet inventors