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| | Chelomei |
 | | Vladimir Nikolaevich Chelomei was born on June 30, 1914 in a teacher's family in the small town of Sedletse. |
 | | On September 17, 1944, (according to another source -- on September 19 (29)), Chelomei was appointed a chief designer of the aviation plant No. 51, which until that time had been a part of the production facilities of late Nikolai Polikarpov, a renowned airplane designer. |
 | | By the end of 1944, Chelomei has reproduced the German engine and by mid-1945 he had designed a similar cruise missile, which apparently was never mass-produced. |
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