Editing Alexander Yakovlev (engineer) (section)

{{short description|Soviet aeronautical engineer}}
{{For|other individuals with the same name|Alexander Yakovlev (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox engineer
|name                 = Alexander Yakovlev
|native_name = {{nobold|Александр Яковлев}}
|image                = Александр Сергеевич Яковлев (cropped).jpg
|nationality          = [[Soviet Union]], [[Russia]]
|birth_date           = {{OldStyleDate|1 April|1906|19 March}}
|birth_place          = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Empire]]
|death_date           = {{death date and age|1989|08|22|1906|04|01|df=yes}}
|death_place          = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|education            = 
|spouse               = 
|parents              = Nina Vladimirovna
|children             = 
|discipline           = [[Aeronautical Engineering]]
|institutions         = 
|practice_name        = 
|employer             = [[Yakovlev]] design bureau
|significant_projects = 
|significant_design   = 
|significant_advance  = 
|significant_awards   = 
|signature                 = Sign of Aleksandr Yakovlev.png
|signature_alt             = 
|caption=Yakovlev in 1940}}
'''Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev''' ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев}}; {{OldStyleDate|1 April|1906|19 March}}{{spaced ndash}}22 August 1989) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[aerospace engineering|aeronautical engineer]]. He designed the [[Yakovlev]] military aircraft and founded the [[Yakovlev Design Bureau]].<ref>[http://www.monino.ru/ Central Museum of the Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation]</ref> Yakovlev joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in 1938.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/651304/Aleksandr-Sergeyevich-Yakovlev|title = Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev &#124; Soviet aircraft designer| date=24 January 2024 }}</ref>