Sokolovskiy, Mikhail Ivanovich

Russian engineer. From 1996 general designer and director of NPO Iskra in Perm. Designer of solid propellant rocket engines.

Soviet and Russian scientist, designer of solid-propellant rocket engines, general director and designer of NPO Iskra (since 1994), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2000), honorary citizen of Perm and the Perm region.

Born in Lengingrad. Gradiated from the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute in 1958, majoring in solid propellant engineering. Thereafter worked at NPO Iskra, rising through the rank until becoming Chief Designer.