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Valentin
Glushko Bronze bust ( Also West
Primorsky Blvd )
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Valentin
Glushko was considered "the father of Soviet
rockets", and twice Hero of Socialist Labor.
Glushko played a vital role in the early Soviet
space program. He invented fuel space rockets and
founded a jet engine factory. Glushko was born and
spent his childhood in Odessa.
The
monument was sculpted by A. A. Kovalev.
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On
the monument is inscribed:
Valentin
Petrovich Glushko
For exceptional achievements in development of air
rockets,
in creation and successful launching of the first
in the world spaceship
"Vostok" with man onboard, the Presidium
of the
Supreme Council of USSR by its Decree dated 17 June
1961
has been awarded the second Golden Medal
"Sickle and Hammer" to Valentin
Petrovich Glushko
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The
circular base shows the constellations. Along the
circumference is inscribed:
To
founder of domestic rocket propulsion engineering,
designer of
powerful booster engines of all Soviet carrier rockets
of the
beginning of Space Era, to academician and laureate
of Lenin and State
Prizes, honorary citizen of Odessa
(Click
here for the meaning behind the "Hero of Socialist
Labor" award on the "Twice Hero of Socialist
Labor" page)
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West
Primorsky Blvd (Приморский Бульвар)
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Memorial
Plaque
Primorsky Blvd. 4 (Приморский Бульвар)
In this building, the Head of Black Sea Shipping
Agency,
Mr. Stanislav Alexandrovich Luk'yanchenko
lived here from 1979 to 2001
(1928 -2001)
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Regional
Administration Building
Primorsky Blvd. 5 (Приморский Бульвар)
This
four-story black building with white trim is ornately
decorated. Notice the columns on the balconies of
the second floor.
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Continue your virtul tour by walking
to the War
cannon threatening the mayors office
Return to the Primorsky
Boulevard (Приморский Бульвар) Overview
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