Gaidukov Lev

Lev Mikhailovich Gaidukov Russian Military Officer. Born 14 January 1911. Lieutenant General, headed group assigned to acquiring German rocket technology and engineers after World War II.

Personal: Male. Born in Russia.

Chief of the Interdepartmental Technical Commission in Germany 1945-1946. In 1949 made Chief of State Commissions for rocket testing; in 1960 named head of the Second Directorate of the RVSN. In August 1962 assigned to the Chief Directorate of TsNII MO.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Pervov, Mikhail, Raketnoye Oruzhiye RVSN, Violanta, Moscow, 1999.. Narrative overview of the missiles of the Russian strategic missile forces.

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