Talk:Valentin Glushko

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The first sentence in the biography "His father was Ukrainian and his mother worked as a nurse." reads like a mockery of the famous self-description by Vladimir Zhirinovsky: "My mother was Russian, and my father was a lawyer." Can anyone with knowledge of the subject improve the sentence?--Pecher 21:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

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Please mark the following sections:

"On March 23, 1938 he became caught up in Stalin's Great Terror and was rounded up by the NKVD, to be placed in the Butyrka prison. By August 15, 1939 he was sentenced to eight years in the Gulag. Despite his supposed imprisonment, however, Glushko was put to work on various aircraft projects with other arrested scientists. In 1941 he was placed in charge of a design bureau for liquid-fueled rocket engines. He was finally released in 1944 by special decree."

and

"For many years Glushko had worked in Korolev's shadow, and certainly never received the credit he deserved (at the time) for his contributions. His personality was reputed to be bull-headed, and he never lacked for an ego."

These are some serious misinterpretations of the events! In fact, It was Sergey Korolyov who was accused and sent to the Gulag (because of favouring liquid fuelled rocket propulsion). It was Glushko who denounced Korolyov! And it was Sergei Korolyov who was forced to work for Glushko. Their mutual antipathy escalated after Korolyov came to know that he was accused because of Glushko. Korolyov was later completely rehabilitated. Therefore, the second section I mentioned is inappropiate, to say the least.

For sources, take a look at Korolyov's article (see the link above).

--Blazs 14:08, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

both Glushko and Korolev were arrested and Glushko was forced to denounce Korolev under torture, by some reports. In any case, this biography is rather poor and innacurate. DonPMitchell 15:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the refinement! --Blazs 08:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)