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Gleb KotelnikovGleb Yevgeniyevich Kotelnikov (Котельников, Глеб Евгеньевич in Russian)(1.18(30).1872 11.22.1944), Russian-Soviet inventor of the knapsack parachute. In 1894, Kotelnikov graduated from the Kiev Military School. In 1911, he created his first parachute RK-1 (which stands for Russian, made by Kotelnikov, 1st model), that was successfully employed in 1914 during the World War I. Later on, Kotelnikov significantly improved the design of his parachute, creating new models, including RK-2 with a softer knapsack, RK-3, and a few cargo parachutes, all of which would be adopted by the Soviet Air Force.
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