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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
The next issue of the special project “Legends of Russian Science” of the SPbPU Public Relations Department and the Polytechnic History Museum is dedicated to Evgeny Antonovich Gailish, the organizer of the production of high-quality radio equipment, Hero of Socialist Labor.
Evgeny Gailish was born on September 27, 1914 in Petrograd, into a peasant family. In 1931, he graduated from high school, then entered the physics and mechanics department of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute.
During his student years, Evgeny Antonovich worked in a radio materials laboratory. There he created a method for calculating antenna insulators, which later found its practical application. After graduating from the university, the polytechnic student was a laboratory assistant, designer, and head of the laboratory at Research Institute-34 of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Radio Electronics. In 1942, he got a job as a chief engineer at the Radio Engineering Semi-Finished Goods Plant No. 436. There, Evgeny Antonovich supervised the creation of elements for the portable transceiver “Sever”, which was widely used during the Great Patriotic War. During the siege of Leningrad, the transmitter was manufactured at the Kozitsky Plant. In 1945, E. A. Gailish joined the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
After the war, Evgeny Antonovich worked as chief engineer and deputy general director for science at NPO Positron in Leningrad. He was engaged in theoretical research that was of great importance for the development of domestic instrument-making. The results of his work in this area were highly recognized with many state awards.
Since 1975, Evgeny Aleksandrovich headed the Department of Design and Manufacturing Technology of Radio Components at the V. I. Lenin Electrotechnical University of Leningrad (LETI), and defended his doctoral dissertation.
In 1949, E. A. Gailish received the Stalin Prize for organizing the production of high-quality radio equipment. On June 17, 1961, he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor for outstanding achievements in the creation of rocket technology models and ensuring the successful flight of man into outer space. Among his awards are the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and the Badge of Honor.
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