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==Recognition== A [[Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast|city near Moscow]] and the crater [[Zhukovskiy (crater)|Zhukovskiy]] on the Moon are both named in his honor. The [[:ru:Премия имени Н. Е. Жуковского|State Zhukovsky Prize]] was established in 1920 'for the best works in mathematics'. The [[Russian Air Force]]'s [[Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy|engineering academy]] was named for him, later reorganized into the [[Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy]]. In May 2016 [[Moscow]]'s fourth largest [[Zhukovsky International Airport|airport]] was named in his honor. [[Mosfilm]] produced a 1950 [[Zhukovsky (film)|eponymous biopic]] directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] with music by [[Vissarion Shebalin]], which earned Pudovkin and Shebalin the [[USSR State Prize]] in 1951. The Russian [[TsAGI|Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute]] and the Ukrainian [[National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute]] are named after him. The [[:ru:Мемориальный дом-музей Н. Е. Жуковского|Zhukovsky House]] is a museum dedicated to his memory <gallery> File:Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute 2016-02-02 009 (cropped).JPG File:Airfoil geometry.svg Stamp of USSR 1105.jpg|1947 stamp </gallery>
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