Georgy Beriev

Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev (Beriashvili) (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Бериев Georgij Michajlovič Beriev; Georgian: გიორგი მიხეილის ძე ბერიაშვილი Giorgi Mikheilis Dze Beriashvili; 13 February 1903 – 12 July 1979), was a Soviet Georgian major general, founder and chief designer of the Beriev Design Bureau in Taganrog, which concentrated on amphibious aircraft.

Georgy Beriev
Георгий Бериев
Beriev in 1950
Born13 February 1903
Tbilisi, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire
Died12 July 1979(1979-07-12) (aged 76)
Moscow, USSR
NationalitySoviet Union, Georgian
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineAeronautical Engineering
Employer(s)Beriev design bureau
Significant designBe-2, MBR-2, Be-6, Be-10, Be-12, R-1, B-30
AwardsStalin Prize
Order of Lenin
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