Konstantin Kalinin made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Konstantin Kalinin as World War I aviator and Soviet aircraft designer (1887–1938).
Konstantin Kalinin was born at Warsaw in 1887. His recorded nationality is the Russian Empire. He was educated at Gymnasium in Warsaw and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives his occupations as military flight engineer, engineer and aircraft pilot.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of the Red Banner, Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class and Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class.
Working from the Russian Empire shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Konstantin Kalinin died in 1938 at the age of 51. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Educated at Gymnasium in Warsaw and Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
- Worked as military flight engineer, engineer and aircraft pilot
