at the Kazan Aviation Plant, proved to be one of the most successful designs of World War II. Petlyakov was released in 1940, and was awarded a Stalin Prize in 1941. At Kazan, Petlyakov faced increasing difficulties, with many of his trained technicians and machinists conscripted into the Soviet military and sent to the front lines, which adversely affected the quality of production aircraft. He protested to Soviet senior leadership, and was on his way to Moscow in January 1942 (flying in a Pe-2), when he died in an air crash near Arzamas. His grave is at the Arskoe Cemetery in Kazan. Vladimir Petlyakov received the Stalin prize (1941) and was awarded two Orders of Lenin and an Order of the Red Star. References 1891 births 1942 deaths People from Rostov Oblast People from Don Host Oblast Soviet aerospace engineers Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Sharashka inmates Stalin Prize winners Soviet rehabilitations Burials at Arskoe Cemetery Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1942 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union