(1998-2003), Doctor of Technical Sciences.
Biography
AvtoVAZ
After graduating from the institute with honors, he chose the Volzhsky Automobile Plant for distribution; 1970-1975 - design engineer of the chassis design department of the chief designer of the plant.
In April 1972, Prusov was appointed the lead designer of the VAZ-2121 project.
In 1975-1978, P.M. Prusov was the head of the design bureau for advanced design of cars of the department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant. In 1977 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of technical sciences on the topic "Features of the transmission of four-wheel drive vehicles."
In 1978-1983 he was the head of the general layout department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant; in 1983-1988 - deputy head of the chief designer's department - deputy chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant.
1998-2003 - Chief Designer of the General Development Department of AvtoVAZ.
In 2003 he retired.
Since 2007 - Leading Design Engineer of the Homologation Department of the Design and Vehicle Maintenance Department of the Engineering Directorate of AvtoVAZ.
Russian automotive designer, creator of the legendary VAZ-2121 "Niva" Petr Mikhailovich Prusov, according to the official website of AvtoVAZ. The farewell ceremony will take place on March 21 from 11.00 at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Togliatti. The funeral will take place at the Togliatti city cemetery.
Peter Prusov. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org / Evgeny Khalilov
“Pyotr Mikhailovich was a great man, the creator of the world's first off-road vehicle with a monocoque body - the legendary VAZ-2121 Niva, which today bears the name LADA 4 × 4 and remains extremely popular in Russia and abroad. It is doubly sad that he left in the year of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of his car, literally a few days before the memorable date - April 5th. The entire AvtoVAZ team deeply mourns this loss. The plant covers the costs associated with the funeral ceremony ", - said the President of PJSC Avtovaz Nicolas More.
14 years ago, Petr Prusov retired, and this year he was again invited to return to his native plant as an advisor and to organize celebrations on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Niva car.
AiF.ru cites the biography of Peter Prusov.
Dossier
Petr Mikhailovich Prusov was born in the village of Zubki, Liozno district, Vitebsk region on January 6, 1942.
In 1958-1962 he studied at the Gorodok technical school of agricultural mechanization (Lioznensky district, Vitebsk region). At the same time he entered the Gorygoretsk Agricultural Academy in 1961, which he had to leave after the 1st year.
For a short time he worked as a mechanization engineer at the Kalinin collective farm of the Kolyshansky village council of the Liozno region. In the fall of 1962, he was drafted into the army, and in 1963 he ended up with a limited contingent of Soviet specialists in Algeria - to clear the Algerian-Moroccan and Algerian-Tunisian borders. Here Prusov was seriously wounded.
In 1965-1970 he studied at the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Institute named after V.Ya. Chubar with a degree in Automobiles and Tractors. Since 1967 he worked part-time at the Kommunar plant.
After graduating from the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Institute in 1970, he came to the Volzhsky Automobile Plant in Togliatti, where he began his career as a design engineer, and already in 1972 was appointed the lead designer of the VAZ-2121 "Niva" project.
1975 - 1978 - Head of the design bureau for advanced design of cars of the department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant.
1978 - 1983 - Head of the General Layout Department of the Chief Designer of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant.
1983 - 1988 - Deputy Head of the Chief Designer Department - Deputy Chief Designer of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant.
1988 - 1998 - Head of the Automotive Design Department of the Design and Experimental Complex of the Scientific and Technical Center - Deputy Chief Designer of AvtoVAZ;
1998 - 2003 - Chief Designer of AvtoVAZ JSC of the General Development Department.
1998 - Chairman of the Council of Chief Designers of Russian Automobile Plants.
2000 - technical manager of the project for the production of VAZ-2110 vehicles from vehicle kits of JSC Avtovaz in Cherkassy (Ukraine);
2002 - technical manager of the project for the production of off-road vehicles "Niva" VAZ-21213 in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan);
Pyotr Prusov took part in the development of many other models of AvtoVAZ, and from 1998 to 2003 he was the chief designer of the enterprise. As deputy chief designer for design, and then chief designer, he took part in the design of the VAZ-1111 Oka, the VAZ-2110 and Samara 2, VAZ-2123, the Kalina family of cars, as well as a number of concept models. In total, during production, the plant produced more than 2.5 million off-road vehicles VAZ-2121 "Niva" and LADA 4 × 4, more than half a million of which were exported.
In March 2003, due to his retirement, he was relieved of the post of chief designer, but continued active work at the enterprise.
In 2007-2014 he was a leading design engineer of the homologation department of the design and maintenance department of the car of PJSC AvtoVAZ.
In 2007-2011. - Head of the working group on projects for the production of LADA cars in the Chechen Republic. Since February 2017, Petr Prusov has worked as an advisor to the Vice President for Human Resources and Social Policy of PJSC AvtoVAZ.
Family status
In an interview with the media, Prusov said that the legendary Niva car was named after his children - Natalia and Irina, and children of the first chief designer of VAZ Vladimir Solovyov: Vadim and Andrey.
Awards and titles
1959 - medal "For the development of virgin lands"
1975 - the sign "Winner of the socialist competition in 1975"
1976 - Order of the Badge of Honor
1977 - entered into the Book of Honor of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1977 - a silver medal of the All-Union Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR for the development of the layout of the main structural scheme, technical specifications and technical design of the all-wheel drive vehicle VAZ-2121
1978 - the sign "Winner of the Socialist Competition 1978"
1979 - the sign "Winner of the Socialist Competition 1979"
1980 - badge "Drummer of the Tenth Five-Year Plan"
1984 - the gold medal of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements for the development of the design, the creation of the material and technical base and the fine-tuning of the VAZ-2108 car model
1984 - the honorary title "Honored Mechanical Engineer of the Russian Federation"
1986 - medal "For Labor Valor"
1988 - a silver medal at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR for the development of the concept of the VAZ-21099 car
1989 - Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Automotive and Agricultural Engineering of the USSR and the Central Committee of the Workers' Trade Union
1991 - silver medal of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements
1995 - Letter of thanks from the city administration of Togliatti
1995 - the honorary title "Honored Designer of the Russian Federation"
2007 - Peter the Great's gold medal "For Labor Valor";
2008 - Honorary Award from the American Biographical Institute for Excellence in the Automotive Industry. Installation of a personalized Star on the Flint Walk of Fame (2010);
2010 - officially registered regalia (cross) of the Hubners Who is Who of the eponymous International Swiss Encyclopedic Publishing House. Biography of P.M. Prusov published in the 5th edition of the encyclopedia in Who is Who in Russia.
2012 - Medal for Services to the Chechen Republic.
Father - Mikhail Vladimirovich Prusov, a collective farm foreman, a participant in the hostilities of three wars, a holder of the Order of the Red Star. Mother - Olga Emelyanovna Prusova (née Lakisova), a collective farm worker, was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and two bronze medals at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR.
Education
AvtoVAZ
After graduating from the institute with honors, he chose the Volzhsky Automobile Plant for distribution; 1970-1975 - design engineer of the chassis design department of the chief designer of the plant.
In April 1972, Prusov was appointed the lead designer of the VAZ-2121 project.
In 1975-1978, P.M. Prusov was the head of the design bureau for advanced design of cars of the department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant. In 1977 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of technical sciences on the topic "Features of the transmission of four-wheel drive vehicles."
In 1978-1983 he was the head of the general layout department of the chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant; in 1983-1988 - deputy head of the chief designer's department - deputy chief designer of the Volga Automobile Plant.
1998-2003 - Chief Designer of the General Development Department of AvtoVAZ.
In 2003 he retired.
Since 2007 - Leading Design Engineer of the Homologation Department of the Design and Vehicle Maintenance Department of the Engineering Directorate of AvtoVAZ.
Prusov Petr Mikhailovich, leading design engineer of the homologation department of the design and maintenance department of the car of the engineering directorate of JSC AVTOVAZ.
Labor activity:
1958 - 1962 - study at the Gorodok College of Agricultural Mechanization in the Liozno District, Vitebsk Region;
1959 - 1960 - participation in the development of virgin lands of the Kazakh SSR;
1962 - mechanization engineer at the Kalinin collective farm of the Kolyshansky village council of the Liozno district of the Vitebsk region;
1962 - 1965 - Service in the Soviet Army (Belarusian Military District) and as part of a limited contingent of Soviet specialists in Algeria, wounded;
1965 - 1970 - studies at the V.Ya. Chubar Zaporozhye Machine-Building Institute with a degree in Automobiles and Tractors;
1967-1970 - Design engineer of the OGK plant "Kommunar" in Zaporozhye.
1970 - 1975 - Design engineer of the control chassis design department of the chief designer of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant
1972 - the leading designer of the VAZ-2121 project.
1975 - 1978 - Head of the design bureau for advanced design of cars of the department of the chief designer of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant;
1977 - defense of the thesis for the degree of candidate of technical sciences on the topic "Features of transmission of four-wheel drive vehicles";
1978 - 1983 - Head of the General Layout Department of the Chief Designer of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant;
1983 - 1988 - Deputy Head of the Chief Designer Department - Deputy Chief Designer of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant;
1986 - defense of a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences on the topic "Type of USSR cars";
1988 - 1998 - Head of the Automotive Design Department of the Design and Experimental Complex of the Scientific and Technical Center - Deputy Chief Designer of PO AvtoVAZ;
1998 - 2003 - Chief Designer of JSC AVTOVAZ of the General Development Department;
1998 - Chairman of the Council of Chief Designers of Automotive Plants in Russia;
2000 - technical manager of the project for the production of VAZ-2110 vehicles from car sets of JSC AVTOVAZ in Cherkassy (Ukraine);
2002 - technical manager of the project for the production of off-road vehicles "Niva" VAZ-21213 in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan);
2003 - dismissed due to retirement age;
2007 - up to the present time - leading design engineer of the homologation department of the design and maintenance department of the vehicle of the engineering directorate of JSC AVTOVAZ.
Awards
1959 - medal "For the development of virgin lands";
1975 - the sign "Winner of the socialist competition in 1975";
1976 - Order of the Badge of Honor;
1977 - entered into the Book of Honor of the Volga Automobile Plant;
1977 - a silver medal of the All-Union Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR for the development of the layout of the main structural scheme, technical specifications and technical design of the all-wheel drive vehicle VAZ-2121;
1978 - the sign "Winner of the socialist competition in 1978";
1979 - the sign "Winner of the socialist competition in 1979";
1980 - badge "Drummer of the Tenth Five-Year Plan";
1984 - the gold medal of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements for the development of the design, the creation of the material and technical base and the fine-tuning of the VAZ-2108 car model;
1984 - the honorary title "Honored Mechanical Engineer of the Russian Federation";
1986 - Medal "For Labor Valor";
1988 - a silver medal at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements of the USSR for the development of the concept of the VAZ-21099 vehicle;
1989 - Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Automotive and Agricultural Engineering of the USSR and the Central Committee of the workers' trade union;
1991 - silver medal of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements;
1995 - Letter of thanks from the city administration of Togliatti;
1995 - the honorary title "Honored Designer of the Russian Federation";
2001 - Certificate of Honor from the Governor of the Samara Region;
2003 - Certificate of Merit from the Mayor Togliatti N.D. Utkina;
2007 - Peter the Great Gold Medal “For Labor Valor”;
2008 - Honorary Award from the American Biographical Institute for Excellence in the Automotive Industry. Installation of a personalized Star on the Flint Walk of Fame (2010);
2010 - officially registered regalia (cross) of Hubners Who is Who of the same name International Swiss Encyclopedic Publishing House. Biography of P.M. Prusov published in the 5th edition of the encyclopedia in Who is Who in Russia.
2012 - Medal for Services to the Chechen Republic;
2012 - Certificate of honor of the Governor of the Samara region.
Petr Mikhavlovich Prusov was born on January 6, 1942 in the village of Zubki, Liozno District, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR. Father - Mikhail Vladimirovich Prusov (born 1905) - a collective farm foreman, a participant in the hostilities of 3 wars, a holder of the Order of the Red Star. Mother - Prusova Olga Emelyanovna (born in 1907) - a collective farm worker, awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and two bronze medals of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements.
Creator of the legendary Niva car, which was included in the top three best cars in the world in 1979.
The design of the "Niva" was truly revolutionary: never before in the world was a jeep built on the nodes of a passenger car. Its design was ahead of the world's developments in this direction. Japan caught up with the USSR in this segment only in 1990, and it was the only Soviet car that was purchased by this country for sale on the domestic market; Niva fan clubs still exist and are actively operating in Japan. Niva has been successfully sold in more than 100 countries around the world. In New Zealand in the 80s, 40% of all SUVs were in the Niva, and in Austria - 90%. In France, in general, "Niva" has long been a cult car. Niva's dossier contains world-class humanitarian actions: for more than 15 years, these cars worked at the Soviet Antarctic Bellingshausen station, in 1998 Niva conquered the North Pole of the Earth and reached the site on the Everest mountain range at an altitude of 5200 m on its own. in 1999, together with a group of climbers, she climbed to Tibet to a height of 5726 m, which no one in the world had ever climbed on wheeled vehicles. Niva won dozens of victories in international rallies, including Paris-Dakar.
April 5, 2012 marked the 35th anniversary of the start of the serial assembly of Niva, the total volume of sales of which to consumers in all markets has long exceeded 2 million units.
As deputy chief designer (1983-1998) and chief designer of AVTOVAZ (1998-2003) P.M. Prusov was able to bring to life other outstanding projects that left their mark on the history of the domestic and world automotive industry. No wonder in his honor (the only Soviet and Russian auto designer) on the Walk of Technical Glory in Flint (USA) in 2010 a personalized Star was installed.
Prusov is listed in the book "Who is who in Russia", according to this publication, he was awarded 16 Gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements.
P.M. Prusov was the initiator of the creation in 1998 and the first chairman of the Council of Chief Designers of Automotive Plants in Russia, which confirms the unprecedented height of his authority as a designer and production organizer in the community of Russian engineers.
Since 2007 Prusov P.M. is engaged in solving problems of expanding sales markets for products of JSC AVTOVAZ. With his direct participation, the production of LADA-4x4 cars was organized in the Republic of Kazakhstan at Asia-Auto LLC, which allowed AVTOVAZ to increase the program for assembling auto kits by 5000 pieces. At present, Petr Mikhailovich is working on organizing production at a new automobile assembly plant in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since 2009 Prusov P.M. led a working group on projects for the production of LADA cars and auto components in the city of Argun of the Chechen Republic. This task has been successfully completed, and in 2012 JSC AVTOVAZ will increase the production of auto kits by another 2000 units. In January 2012, the head of the Chechen Republic R.A. Kadyrov awarded P.M. Prusov for his contribution to the development of machine-building production in Chechnya. Medal "For Services to the Chechen Republic".
Thanks to his great life experience and deep professional knowledge, P.M. Prusov He is rightfully invited by the government and specialized organizations to the commissions in the formation and discussion of new regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of technical regulation of the production and circulation of vehicles. With the active participation of P.M. Prusov developed and brought to practical implementation the technical regulations of the Russian Federation "On the safety of wheeled vehicles", the special technical regulations of the Russian Federation "On the requirements for emissions of harmful substances by motor vehicles put into circulation on the territory of the Russian Federation", the technical regulations of the Customs Union "On the safety of wheeled vehicles funds ".
The number of received P.M. Prusov patents and copyright certificates for inventions and utility models only since 2000 amounted to 20 pieces, of which 4 - for inventions, the economic effect of implementation (excluding co-authors) - about 40 million rubles. For his enormous contribution to the development of mechanical engineering on behalf of the Russian Public Commission in 2007 P.M. Prusov Awarded the gold medal of Peter the Great "For Labor Valor".
P.M. Prusov actively participates in social activities. He is a member of the executive committee of the international automotive organization FISITA. Recognition of the merits of Peter Prusov among the technical and scientific community was his election as president of the "Association of Automotive Engineers of Russia", at present he is the vice-president of this organization. P.M. Prusov He works a lot and fruitfully with young engineering personnel, has repeatedly headed the State Attestation Commission at Togliatti State University.
In 2004, on the initiative of Petr Mikhailovich, a non-profit organization "Forte Charitable Foundation" was created, which is engaged in the development and implementation of social education programs in Togliatti. He is the founder and chairman of the board of the foundation.
The name of Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov is inscribed in golden letters in the history of the world automobile industry. Such people-legends, outstanding figures of the world scale as Peter Mikhailovich, who multiply the glory of Russia, set an example of true patriotism and pride in their native Fatherland. The life and destiny of this person is a clear example of honest and conscientious work for the good of Russia. These are the people the younger generation should look up to. It is a great honor for Togliatti that the legendary car designer lives in our city, strengthening the belief in the possibility of further development of its industrial enterprises. Thanks to the work of people like Peter Mikhailovich Prusov, our city rightfully bears the title of the automotive capital of Russia.
Considering the contribution to the development of industry in Togliatti, to the creation of a powerful engineering potential of the city, in strengthening the interest of the world community in technical developments carried out in Togliatti, in promoting the popularization of engineering specialties among the youth of the city, Petr Mikhailovich Prusov was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of the Togliatti Urban District" (Decision of the Duma urban district of Togliatti No. 895 of 16.05.2012).
The "godfather" of VAZ-2121 "Niva" Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov attended the ceremony of selling the first LADA 4x4 Urban car. We bring to your attention a short interview, which the chief designer of "Niva" gave to the chief editor of the Official LADA Club, Yuri Efimov.
Petr Mikhailovich, we have a LADA 4x4 Urban car behind us. The opinion is controversial around this car, due to the fact that it has plastic bumpers. SUV enthusiasts say this is bad for an off-road vehicle. City driving enthusiasts, on the other hand, say what they like. Express your opinion as a person who devoted many years to this LADA 4x4 car, when it was still called Niva. Your opinion? What can you say about this car?
If this car were offered instead of "Niva", I would, first of all, leave everything else, except for the bumpers. The bumper would not "twitch". But this is a modification. This is an addition, of course. And therefore, I think this is the case. You will remember: when there was a general decline in the market (we are talking about the post-perestroika years - ed.), We then "gave birth" to a bunch of modifications based on the Niva - pickups, vans, 5-door versions and 3-door. Today the time has come and the market must again offer various options. Therefore, as an option LADA 4x4 Urban may well exist.
I have just talked with Mr. Moskalyuk, who until recently led the LADA 4x4 project. He said that in the future (about half a year) a car could be presented that will occupy the niche of the extreme version of LADA 4x4. Do you know about this? Did you hear something?
I know I've heard about it. But I want to say that the extreme Niva is a narrow niche, since Niva has enough prospects without it. This offer (while Pyotr Mikhailovich points to LADA 4x4 Urban, standing behind him), in my opinion, in terms of the number of sales on the market, there will be more than the extreme option. But I will repeat again that I advocate that now, until a new car comes out, there would be as many options as possible.
As a person who was directly related to the birth of this car, that is, to the prototype, at least to the base car, tell me: looking back many years, what would you change in it?
On a big scale, I would change one thing: I would not make the transfer cases separately. Because, even when I was working on this issue, I was persuaded to take this option, because (everyone has probably already forgotten) the original car production program was 25 thousand. Then she became 50 thousand, even later 75 thousand. But initially the program was designed to produce 25,000 cars, and this left its mark on my decision. Today, if this project were started from the very beginning, I would not fundamentally change anything in Niva. But I wouldn't do out-of-the-box transfer cases.
When you and your team were engaged in the construction of the Niva, did you assume that this car would live for so long?
Honestly, no. For two reasons, no. First, they don't live that long. Secondly, I will remind you that the Chevy-Niva is the Niva, which was supposed to replace the existing car. But it so happened that the name was sold to a joint venture with General Motors. I can tell you that according to the law, when the contract was signed, this "Niva" (the current LADA 4x4 - editor's note) should have ended in 2005. It was then that we raised public opinion, raised the Association of Automotive Engineers. There was a magazine called "4x4". The name remained, but the magazine, of course, is completely different. They raised the Union of Commodity Producers, which was headed by Ryzhkov. We turned to the anti-monopoly committee, and he found these points worthless. Therefore, she is still alive. But again I repeat, the car, unfortunately, is not brandy. With age, it does not get better and therefore it is already necessary to change it.
