Leonid Alexandrovich Voskresenskiy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLeonid Alexandrovich Voskresenskiy
Soviet rocket engineer
Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1913
Place of Birth: Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 16-Dec-1965
Profession: aerospace engineer
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Leonid Alexandrovich Voskresenskiy
- Leonid Alexandrovich Voskresenskiy (Russian: ?????? ????????????? ?????????????, June 14, 1913 – December 14, 1965) was a Soviet rocket engineer and long-time associate of famed Chief Designer Sergei Korolev.
- He served as launch director for Sputnik and for the first manned space flight, Vostok 1.
- The lunar crater Voskresenskiy is named in his honor.
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