The heroic era requires from people a tremendous exertion of all their strengths and abilities. Polar pilot Anatoly Lyapidevsky did not think about his own life when he went on a search flight over the expanses of the snow-covered tundra.
Starting conditions
The period of industrialization in the history of the Soviet Union was marked by a large number of labor achievements and exploits. An illustrative episode is the rescue of the crew and passengers of the Chelyuskin steamer, which crashed in the Bering Strait. Soviet pilots became heroes of those events, literally and figuratively. Anatoly Vasilievich Lyapidevsky was one of them. The future polar pilot was born on March 23, 1908 in the family of a rural teacher. Parents at that time lived in the village of Belaya Glina in the Krasnodar Territory.
In childhood, Anatoly was no different from his peers. The boys grew up strong, energetic, prepared for agricultural work. As a teenager, he worked as an assistant in a smithy, a locksmith, an assistant mechanic at a motor depot. In 1926, Lyapidevsky was drafted into the Red Army. A technically trained soldier was sent to the courses of military pilots. After graduation, he continued to serve in the air force. For several years he taught piloting techniques at the Yeisk Aviation School. In 1933 he was demobilized and went to work in Chukotka in the polar aviation unit.
In the service of the Motherland
In the winter of 1934, the steamship "Chelyuskin" was wrecked in the Arctic latitudes. The crew and passengers landed on the ice floe, which was gradually decreasing in size. People could be saved using aircraft. Lyapidevsky at that time flew as the first pilot on a heavy aircraft ANT-2. But first of all it was necessary to find the place where the people were. Almost thirty flights were made by an experienced pilot before he discovered the Chelyuskin camp. The car had to be put on a very small area. The catastrophe was avoided thanks to skill and practiced skills. 12 people boarded, including two children.
The rescue operation was highly praised by the government of the country. The first class pilot was nominated for the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. On the chest of Anatoly Vasilyevich Lyapidevsky, the Golden Star at number 1 flashed. In subsequent years, the brave pilot studied at the engineering faculty of the Air Force Academy. The certified specialist was appointed director of the aviation plant in Omsk. After the war, an experienced production organizer was approved as deputy minister of the aviation industry.
Works and personal life
When the production of the hydrogen bomb was unfolding, Lyapidevsky was assigned to lead a special design bureau. The secret design bureau was engaged in the creation of electronic circuits to control the bomb detonator. The engineers solved the task brilliantly.
The personal life of the famous pilot and large-scale organizer of science has developed well. He married once and for life. The husband and wife raised and raised two children - a son and a daughter. Anatoly Vasilievich Lyapidevsky died in April 1983.
