Monument Academic Yangel MK
Michael Yangel - known Soviet designer in the field of rocket and space engineering. Twice in his life he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. A monument to Academician Yangel in Dnepropetrovsk is installed on the same street, in the Southern Machine-Building Plant, where for many years he worked the famous designer at the intersection of Academician Yangelya and Lithuania.
The composition of the monument to Academician Yangel
The memorial bust of Michael Yangel erected on a high granite pedestal. The sculptor made famous Dnipropetrovsk K. minted master architect - I. immodest. At the foot of the monument to the zone of where citizens bring flowers to honor the memory of the famous scientist. Around the broken small square with flower beds and tall trees - one of the favorite places to walk the population of the district.
Who is Yangel
Mikhail Kuzmich was born in a family farmer in one of the villages of Irkutsk province in 1911. He is a graduate of the Moscow Aviation Institute, from which he graduated with honors. Since 1944, he worked in the Armenian CB. In 1954 he moved to Kiev, where until 1971 he worked as chief designer of the Dnepropetrovsk CB "South." During his career Michael Kuzmich took an active part in the development of missiles and missile systems, space launch vehicles oversaw the creation of "Space", "Space-2", "Cyclone-2" and "Cyclone-3".
He was awarded numerous awards and medals, including the Lenin Prize of the USSR, USSR State Prize, the prize and gold medal named after S. Korolev and others.
Died Mikhail Yangel October 25, 1971 in Moscow and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
How to reach the monument Yangelya in Dnepropetrovsk
To get to the monument to Academician possible by public transport, which moves in the direction of Kirov and Titov, stop - the intersection of streets Titova and Yangelya. Next to the monument is broken a small square, and close to the industrial giant Southern Machine-Building Plant in Dnepropetrovsk and shopping center "Apollo."
