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Nikolay MaslennikovParty activist, scientist
Date of Birth: 19.12.1916
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Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Engineering Career
- Wartime and Political Service
- Academic and Administrative Roles at NAI
- - Secretary of the Party Bureau (1946-1952)
- - Deputy director for educational work (prorector) at NAI (1957-1962)
- Scientific and Political Contributions
- Personal Life
- Recognition and Awards
- - Order of the Badge of Honor (1961)
Early Life and Education
Nikolay Arsenievich Maslennikov was born on December 19, 1916, in Molochańsk, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine. His father, Arseny Ivanovich, was a worker and communist who fought in the revolutionary movements and civil war. Nikolay's mother and sister also served in the Red Army during World War II.
From 1931 to 1932, Maslennikov worked as a senior pioneer leader. He also studied at preparatory courses in the Financial Accounting Institute in Odessa and graduated from the Molochańsk factory and plant seven-year school in 1932.
Engineering Career
In 1937, Maslennikov graduated from the Kharkiv Aeronautical Institute (NAI) with a degree in engine technology. He became an engineer specializing in aircraft engine construction.
Wartime and Political Service
During World War II, Maslennikov was drafted into the Red Army but was not actively deployed. Instead, he was assigned to political work, serving as deputy head of the political department of the Bolshaya-Tarkhanskaya Machine and Tractor Station and head of the political department of the Veliko-Burlutskaya Machine and Tractor Station in Ukraine.
Academic and Administrative Roles at NAI
After the war, Maslennikov returned to NAI, where he worked in various academic and administrative roles over the years. He was:
- Senior laboratory assistant in the Department of Metal Technology (1946)
- Secretary of the Party Bureau (1946-1952)
- Assistant professor in the Department of Metal Technology (1947)- Senior lecturer in the Department of Metal Technology (1951)
- First secretary of the Kyiv District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1952)
- Deputy director for educational work (prorector) at NAI (1957-1962)
- Acting rector of NAI (1962)- Rector of NAI (1962-1976)
Legacy as Rector
As rector, Maslennikov significantly enhanced NAI's reputation and standing. Under his leadership, the institute:
- Expanded its material and technical base, constructing new buildings, laboratories, and student housing.
- Introduced innovative teaching and research facilities, including an aerodynamic complex, computer center, and printing house.
- Increased its academic rigor, implementing a comprehensive educational plan and establishing councils for doctoral and candidate's dissertations.
- Achieved financial autonomy through the expansion of scientific research and industry collaborations.
Scientific and Political Contributions
Maslennikov's scientific research focused on technological processes in friction stamping and deep drawing of thin-sheet metals. His dissertation materials were published in several countries, and the process he developed became known as the "Maslennikov method" in England. He authored over 70 scientific and methodological works.
As a politician, Maslennikov was actively involved in the Communist Party. He was elected to various party positions and served as a delegate to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
Personal Life
Maslennikov was married to Lydia Vasilyevna, a philosophy professor at Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. They had two daughters, Eleonora and Galina.
Recognition and Awards
Maslennikov received numerous awards for his contributions, including:
- Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (1946)
- Order of the Badge of Honor (1961)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1971)- Badge "Excellent Civil Defense of the USSR" (1972)
- Silver Medal of the USSR Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (1973)
- Badge "For Excellent Success in Work in the Field of Higher Education in the USSR" (1973)
