# Pyotr Chernyshev

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**Pyotr Sergeevich Chernyshev** (also written as **Tchernyshev**, Russian: Пётр Серге́евич Чернышев; 1914–1979) was a [chief engineer](/source/Chief_engineer) of [Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod](/source/Leningradsky_Metallichesky_Zavod), a major pipe-construction specialist. Formerly a [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) [figure skater](/source/Figure_skater), four time national figure skating champion.[1] [Stalin Prize](/source/Stalin_State_Prize) winner (1952) for the development of [steam turbines](/source/Steam_turbine) of high pressure.

His grandson [Peter Tchernyshev](/source/Peter_Tchernyshev) represented the U.S. in [ice dancing](/source/Ice_dancing).[2]

## Figure skating results

Event 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1946 1947 1948 1949 Soviet Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd

## Honours and awards

- [Hero of Socialist Labour](/source/Hero_of_Socialist_Labour) - 1962
- [Order of Lenin](/source/Order_of_Lenin)
- [Order of the Red Banner of Labour](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour)
- [Order of October Revolution](/source/Order_of_October_Revolution)
- [Stalin Prize](/source/Stalin_State_Prize)

## References

1. [От Эльбруса до олимпийского пьедестала](http://www.power-m.ru/common/data/pub/files/articles/3540/%C3%E0%E7%E5%F2%E0-%D1%CC-%B930-2007.pdf)[dead link]

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