Pyotr Chernyshev | |
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Born | 1914 Bolshie Verdy, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 1979 Soviet Union |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Pyotr Sergeevich Chernyshev (also written as Tchernyshev, Russian: Пётр Серге́евич Чернышев; 1914–1979) was a chief engineer of Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod, a major pipe-construction specialist. Formerly a Soviet figure skater, four time national figure skating champion. Stalin Prize winner (1952) for the development of steam turbines of high pressure.
His grandson Peter Tchernyshev represented the U.S. in ice dancing.
Figure skating results
Event | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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Soviet Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd |
Honours and awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour - 1962
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of October Revolution
- Stalin Prize
References
Soviet champions in figure skating – Men's singles | |
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