Pyotr Chernyshev | |
Birth Date: | 1914 |
Birth Place: | Bolshie Verdy, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire |
Death Date: | 1979 |
Death Place: | Soviet Union |
Pyotr Sergeevich Chernyshev (also written as Tchernyshev, ru|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.[1] Stalin Prize winner (1952) for the development of steam turbines of high pressure.
His grandson Peter Tchernyshev represented the U.S. in ice dancing.