Aghavelyan Sergey

Aghavelyan Sergey (David)
Armenian:	Աղավելյան Սերգեյ Դավթի
Russian:	Агавелян Сергей Давидович
Born:	22.03.1913 Bist, Nakhijevan
Died:	14.07.1995 Moscow, Russia
Description: Military figure, colonel, engineer-constructor.

Biography

Was born on March 22, 1913 in Bist, Nakhijevan.

Education

• In 1932 graduated from Yerevan State Electro-Technical College.
• From 1935 to 1938 studied at Moscow Power Engineering Institute.
• In 1941 graduated from Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.

Work activity

• During the Great Patriotic War (from 1941 to 1945) was a Deputy Commander of the Soviet-French "Normandie-Niemen" Engineering Service.
• Head of the Soviet Veterans Council of "Normandie-Niemen" regiment.
• Participated in the creation and testing of TU-104, TU-114, TU-124 and TU-134 aircrafts.
• After retirement became the first director of A. Tupolev Museum.

Achievements

• Soviet and French Order of Merit (handed personally Charles de Gaulle).
• From 1941 member of Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Images

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  Aghavelyan Sergey

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  Aghavelyan Sergey during the award ceremony.

See also

• ՍԵՐԳԵՅ ԱՂԱՎԵԼՅԱՆ. «ՀԻՇԻ՛Ր, ԱՅՍՏԵՂ Է ՄԵՐ ՊԱՏԻՎԸ»:
• Ով ով է.հայեր(կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ.,Հ.1,Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան,2005:
• Саркисян А.Е. Армяне-военные ученые, конструкторы, производственники и испытатели XX века.Т.2.-Ер.:"Амарас",2005, с.302-308
• Гевенян С.М. Мой Тифлис. 2002. С. 267-280