Constantine L. Zakhartchenko papers, 1915-1989

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Summary

Creators:
Zakhartchenko, Constantine L., 1900-1987
Abstract:
These papers contain the personal documents and correspondence of Constantine L'vovich Zakhartchenko, a Russian émigré and aeronautical engineer. In the course of his engineering career, Zakhartchenko was involved with the design and development of numerous aircraft, aircraft components, and missiles, including the jet engine afterburner, the McDonnell ZHJD-1 twin-engine helicopter, and ZAUM-N-Z cruise missile.
Extent:
1 manuscript box, 20 microfilm reels, 1 oversize folder (3.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Constantine L. Zakhartchenko Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

These papers contain the personal documents and correspondence of Constantine L'vovich Zakhartchenko, a Russian émigré and aeronautical engineer. In the course of his engineering career, Zakhartchenko was involved with the design and development of numerous aircraft, aircraft components, and missiles, including the jet engine afterburner, the McDonnell ZHJD-1 twin engine helicopter, and ZAUM-N-Z cruise missile.

The Subject File includes materials on the professional interests of Zakhartchenko, as well as his activity as an Imperial Naval Academy alumnus. Major themes include aeronautical engineering, politics and issues relating to space and arms race, Soviet politics, and history.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1900 January 17
Born, Lublin, Russia
1916-1920
Active duty as midshipman, second mate, second officer
Imperial Naval Academy, Russia
1923
Graduated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1934-1943
Assistant chief engineer, Shiuchow Aircraft Works, Kwantung, China
1943-1948
Chief engineer, Helicopter & Propulsion research division, McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
1950-1956
Director of Engineering, Product engineering department, United States Naval Ordnance Experimental Unit, Potomac River Naval Command
1956
Received U.S. Navy distinguished civilian service award
1987
Died, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Constantine L'vovich Zakhartchenko was born in Lublin, Russia, on January 17, 1900. A graduate of the Imperial Naval Academy, he served as a midshipman, second mate, and second officer from 1916 to 1920. Immigrating to the United States, Zakhartchenko enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1923 and embarked on an engineering career. Zakhartchenko began work as an assistant chief engineer at the Shiuchow Aircraft Works in Kwangtung, China, from 1934 to 1943 and later worked for the McDonnel Aircraft Corporation and the United States Naval Ordnance Experimental Unit at the Potomac River Naval Command.

He helped design and develop numerous aircraft, aircraft components, and missiles, including the jet engine afterburner, the McDonnell ZHJD-1 twin engine helicopter, and ZAUM-N-Z cruise missile. In 1956, he received the U. S. Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award

Constantine L. Zakhartchenko died in 1987 in Washington, D.C.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives and the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into six series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Writings by others, Subject file, Photographs. There is also a printed matter series, which contains clippings from various émigré newspapers and some U.S. and Soviet press relating to general topics as well as aeronautics, the Imperial Russian Navy, and Russian history and culture. This series was not microfilmed; the originals are retained by Holy Trinity Seminary.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Constantine L. Zakhartchenko Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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