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Title: Constantine L. Zakhartchenko papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1989
Collection Number: 77087
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 20 microfilm reels, 1 oversize folder
(3.4 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Zakhartchenko, Constantine L., 1900-1987
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
[Identification of item], Constantine L. Zakhartchenko Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
A portion of the collection is available on Microfilm
In part, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
| 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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
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.
Nikolai N. Aleksandrov Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Constantine L. Zakhartchenko papers, 1920-1976, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Constantine L. Zakhartchenko papers, 1945-1980, University of Wyoming
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russians -- China
Engineers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Engineering -- China
Aeronautics, Military -- China
Aeronautics, Military -- United States
Engineering -- United States