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                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 1, 1995                   TAG: 9508010057
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MOSCOW                                LENGTH: Short


RUSSIAN DESIGNER OF ENGINES DIES

Lt. Gen. Nikolai Kuznetsov, a leader in Soviet and Russian aircraft and rocket engine design, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 85.

Among Kuznetsov's designs was the NK-33 rocket engine still in use by the Russian space program.

- Associated Press



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