Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov was a Russia

Russia

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n aerospace engineer who founded the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center

Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center

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Kozlov fought the Germans in the Second World War. In the 1950s he worked under Sergey Korolyov

Sergey Korolyov

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev ; died 14 January 1966 in Moscow, Russia) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s...

 and was in charge of designing the R-7

R-7 Semyorka

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 missile. As a leading designer of intercontinental ballistic missile

Intercontinental ballistic missile

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s Kozlov was awarded a Lenin Prize

Lenin Prize

The Lenin Prize was one of the most prestigious awards of the USSR, presented to individuals for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was created on June 23, 1925 and was awarded until 1934. During the period from 1935 to 1956, the Lenin Prize was...

 (1957), two USSR State Prize

USSR State Prize

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s (1976, 1983), a Russian Federation State Prize (1994) and was named a Hero of Socialist Labour on two occasions (1961, 1979).