page_title: Genrikh Novozhilov
section_title: Honours and awards
hierarchical_section_title: Genrikh Novozhilov / Honours and awards
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Церемония вручения государственных наград Российской Федерации. Орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» I степени награждён главный советник генерального директора по науке Авиационного комплекса имени С. В. Ильюшина Генрих Новожилов
context_page_description: Genrikh Vasilevich Novozhilov was a Soviet and Russian aircraft designer. He was a key designer of multiple Ilyushin passenger aircraft including the Il-18, Il-62, Il-76, and Il-96.
context_section_description: Novozhilov had been a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 15 March 1979, and on 26 December 1984 he was elected a full member for his work in the separation of mechanics and control processes. His scientific work was related to "aerodynamic research, the reliability of complex structures, the development of fundamentally new approaches to the so-called manufacturability of the machines and mechanisms being developed". Novozhilov held some 150 patents on various design innovations, and on 23 June 1981 he was awarded his second Hero of Socialist Labour.
  Novozhilov served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1974 to 1989, then as a People's Deputy of the USSR from 1989.   He became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1986. As well as his two Heroes of Socialist Labour, Novozhilov held a number of other state awards. He was awarded the Order of Lenin three times, on 10 February 1969, 26 April 1971 and 23 June 1981; the Order of the October Revolution on 27 October 1975; the Order of the Red Banner of Labour on 22 July 1966; the Order of the Badge of Honour on 7 December 1957; and the Order of Friendship of Peoples on 29 December 1992. He also received the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow Third Class and the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" in all three classes. He had married Lyudmila Ivanovna Lisina, a philologist on 23 April 1966. The couple had a son, Sergey Genrikhovich, born in 1967, who became an aircraft engineer. Late in life Genrikh Novozhilov listed his interests as tennis and photography.
  Novozhilov died on 28 April 2019 at the age of 93. He was buried on 7 May at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery.
caption: Novozhilov with Vladimir Putin on 10 March 2016, at the award of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" First Class
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