Gleb Kotelnikov
1872
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1944
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Soviet Union
native language: Russian
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: Kyiv Infantry engineering cadet school
occupation: scientist, patent inventor, chinovnik
Gleb Yevgeniyevich Kotelnikov (Russian: Глеб Евгеньевич Котельников, January 30 [O.S. January 18] 1872 – November 22, 1944), was the Russian-Soviet inventor of the knapsack parachute (first in the hard casing and then in the soft pack), and braking parachute. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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