130th anniversary of the birth of this outstanding man, the legendary aircraft designer sergei vladimovich ilyushin designer, the pride of the country of the soviets, the pride of russia, the man, the only owner. seven stalin prizes, this same stalin prize existed until the death of the father of nations, then it was the lenin prize, now it is a state prize, three stars on this man’s chest, with pleasure i pronounce his name, surname and patronymic, sergei vladimirovich ilyushin, designer outstanding, i can proudly and correctly say, the father of a whole line of amazing aircraft. the founder of the company, which is still operating, he was born into a huge family, into a very large family, large, 11 children, he was born on march 18, 1894 in the village of dilyaleva, this is the vologda region, i repeat, 11 children, the family of a poor peasant, they lived very together, they lived poorly, at the age of 6 he learned to read, at the age of 8... he went to a parochial school, like, by the way, very many, but he completed only three classes, he had to help his family, he worked 15 years old, left ho