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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University.
In February this year it was 135 years since the birth of Boris Malinin, a graduate of Polytechnic, a shipbuilding scientist and author of the first Soviet submarine projects Dekabrist, Leninets and Shchuka.
Boris Mikhailovich was born on February 13, 1889. In 1906 he graduated from gymnasium with a gold medal and entered the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute for the shipbuilding department, graduating in 1914. He was among the students of the outstanding Russian and Soviet mathematician, mechanic and shipbuilding engineer A. N. Krylov, who later wrote about Malinin: His individual and creative works can be divided into two parts. One includes original designs of several types of submarines of the modern Soviet military fleet; the other includes works of research character in the field of submarine navigation theory.
Б. M. Malinin started his career as a design engineer in the submarine department of the Baltic Shipyard, built and repaired submarines according to the designs of the following projects И. G. Bubnova. Since October 1922 he was in charge of the submarine department of the Baltic Plant. At the end of September 1925 Boris Mikhailovich was sent abroad to obtain professional knowledge and familiarize himself with the current state of underwater shipbuilding and diesel engineering.
In November 1926, Technical Bureau No. 4 for submarine design was established at the Baltic Shipyard, headed by B. M. Malinin. There were three engineers and four design draftsmen in the new structure. In a short period of time Boris Mikhailovich and his subordinates developed 32 variants of combinations of tactical and technical elements of boats of various types. The main elements of the head boat of the 1st series of Decembrist type were selected from them.
On March 5, 1927, the first submarines were laid down at the Baltic Shipyard, three years later the acceptance certificates of the Decembrist and Revolutionary boats were signed, and a year later the rest of the boats were built. The tests revealed a design flaw – when diving and surfacing the vessel had a large roll. On July 27, 1930 B. M. Malinin was arrested and accused of sabotage, sentenced to capital punishment, which was later replaced by ten years in correctional labor camps.
In November 1930, the first Soviet submarine joined the Baltic Fleet. In terms of its technical characteristics it was not inferior to the boats of foreign fleets. Unjustifiably repressed Malinin and his associates were rehabilitated. Then, under his leadership, the Leninets and Shchuka boats appeared, which were characterized by simplicity of construction and operation.
Since May 20, 1932 Malinin worked in the Central Design Bureau of Special (Underwater) Shipbuilding No. 2 as assistant chief engineer. In 1940, on the recommendation of doctors, he completely switched to teaching work.
By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War there were 19 “L”, 73 “Shch” and 78 “M” boats in combat service. The designers were actively involved in testing and finalization of the boats. As noted by all those who worked with B. M. Malinin, Boris Mikhailovich himself went anywhere in the most extreme case. He believed that his place was at his desk, at the “central post”, and the issues at the plants were in the competence of his employees, who were directly there and therefore knew the situation better. The most popular of the boats created by the team under the leadership of B.M. Malinin were the “Shchuky” boats, which were built most of all before the war.
In 1944, on the initiative of A. N. Krylov, B. M. Malinin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering Sciences without defending his dissertation. Since 1945 he has been a professor, and since 1948 he has been the head of the Ship Design Department. In early 1947, the engineer suggested the idea of using a nuclear engine on submarines.
Boris Mikhailovich was interested in astronomy, very fond of music, and read a lot. He maintained warm relations with his sister Marina Mikhailovna Raskova, a famous pilot. The shipbuilding engineer was a sociable person, but he carefully avoided business topics at home. His son learned that he was the chief designer of submarines as an adult.
For his services B. M. Malinin was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and for the development of the project of the original design of submarines of the type “Leninets” – Stalin Prize of the I degree.
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