Vsevolod Mikhaylovich Abramovich (; August 11, 1890 – April 24, 1913) was a pioneering aviator. Biography Abramovich was born on August 11, 1890 in Odessa, son of poet Mikhail Abramovich and grandson of the Yiddish writer Mendele Mocher Sforim. He studied at the Charlottenburg technical college. In 1911 he earned a pilot's licence. He began working for the Wright brothers' German subsidiary, Flugmaschinen Wright in Johannisthal, and became their chief test pilot. In 1912, Abramovich built his own aircraft, the Abramovich Flyer, based on what he had learned at the Wright factory. He flew it to Saint Petersburg, Russia to participate in a military aircraft competition. The same year, he set a world altitude record of 2,100 meters (6,888 feet) and an endurance record for carrying four passengers for 46 minutes and 57 seconds. He was killed in an aviation accident while instructing a student pilot, Evgeniya Shakhovskaya, at Johannisthal on April 24, 1913. References 1890 births 1913 deaths Engineers from Odesa People from Odessky Uyezd Odesa Jews Aviators from the Russian Empire Inventors from the Russian Empire Flight instructors Flight endurance record holders 20th-century Ukrainian inventors Russian aviation record holders Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Germany Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery 20th-century Ukrainian engineers 20th-century Ukrainian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany