Tatiana Anodina

Russian aviation engineer

Scientist
Engineer

Years active1961–presentKnown forfounder and long-time chairperson of the Interstate Aviation CommitteeTitle

Doctor of Engineering
Professor

SpousePyotr S. PleshakovAwardsUSSR State Prize (1979)
Edward Warner Award (1997)Signature

Tatiana Grigorievna Anodina (Russian: Татья́на Григо́рьевна Ано́дина; born April 16, 1939, in Leningrad^[1]). From 1991 to 2023, she headed of the Interstate Aviation Committee^[2] — the civil aviation oversight body in Russia and some other states of the former Soviet Union.^{[citation needed]} A career aviation engineer, she has been leading the Committee since its foundation in 1991.

Anodina's son and his family owned and controlled Transaero, one of Russia's largest airlines^[3]^[4] until its demise in October 2015. There had been press speculation regarding Anodina's conflict of interest in certifying aircraft with respect to Transaero's market position.^[5]^[6]

Biography

Anodina was born on 16 April 1939 in Leningrad (then Soviet Union) to a family of a Soviet Air Forces pilot. She graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute in 1961, qualifying as an engineer. After graduation she worked in the civil aviation domain. Her first job was with the State Institute of Civil Aviation, the leading research institution in Soviet Union in the field. She made her career at the institute, working on automatic systems of navigation,^[7] and was eventually appointed the director. In the 1970s, she was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, where she became director of the technical division.^[8]

She married Pyotr Pleshakov (a Soviet military engineer, who was later promoted to Colonel General, and then was the Soviet Union's Minister of Radioelectronic Industry from 1974 till 1987.^[9])^[8]

From 1991 to 2023, she was held the position of chairperson of the Interstate Aviation Committee.^[8]^[10]

Degrees and awards

Tatiana Anodina holds a degree of Doctor of technical sciences and is an author of over 100 research papers on aeronautical engineering specializing in communications.^[8] In 1979, Anodina was awarded, along with other researchers, a State Prize of the Soviet Union for the development of a novel radar systems for air traffic control.

In 1997, Anodina received the Edward Warner Award from ICAO "in recognition of her eminent contribution, as scientist and researcher, to the development of national, regional and global air navigation aids for civil aviation at the international level"^[11]

In January 2023, the title of honorary President of the Council for Aviation and the Use of Airspace with the right of advisory vote was proposed.^[12]

Notes

^ (in Polish) Piotr Falkowski, Za murem na Wielkiej Ordynce Archived 2012-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, "Nasz Dziennik," nr. 141 (4072), 18–19 June 2011, retrieved on 2011-11-06
^ "Чем известна Татьяна Анодина". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2023-01-17.
^ Kuznetsova, Elizaveta (Елизавета Кузнецова). ""Аэрофлот" не прошел регистрацию на рейс (in Russian)." Kommersant. No. 18 (5049). 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 19 April 2013. "Участники отрасли и эксперты полагают, что проблемы возникли из-за нерасторопности комитета, который возглавляет Татьяна Анодина — мать Александра Плешакова, совладельца "Трансаэро", основного конкурента "Аэрофлота"."
^ Kryukov, Dimitri (Дмитрий Крюков). "Запасной аэродром." (in Russian). Kommersant. No. 18 (5049). 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 19 April 2013. "Последняя — единственная частная компания в шорт-листе. Свыше 80% ее контролирует семья Плешаковых в лице Ольги, ее мужа Александра и свекрови Татьяны Анодиной — одной из самых влиятельных фигур российской авиации. Анодина является бессменным председателем Межгосударственного авиационного комитета (МАК), ответственного за сертификацию самолетов на территории СНГ."
^ ^{[failed verification]}""Аэрофлот" получил разрешение на эксплуатацию Boeing 777" (in Russian). lenta.ru. 2013-02-05.
^ "Boeing 777 "Аэрофлота" с отключенным двигателем сел в "Шереметьево"" (in Russian). Ведомости (en:Vedomosti). 2013-02-11. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02.
^ История института (in Russian). ФГУП ГосНИИ «Аэронавигация». Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Голованивская, Мария (February 16, 1999). Генерал в юбке. Kommersant (in Russian) (15 (1659)). Retrieved February 27, 2012.
^ Глава радиопрома СССРШулунов, Алексей (July 12, 2002). Глава радиопрома СССР. Nezavisimaya gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved April 15, 2013.
^ "Экс-замглавы Росавиации Сторчевого назначили главой МАК". aif.ru (in Russian). 2023-01-17.
^ THE EDWARD WARNER AWARD ... A COMMEMORATION OF GREATNESS Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Новым председателем Межгосударственного авиационного комитета стал Олег Сторчевой, бывший замглавы Росавиации". www.kp.ru (in Russian). 2023-01-17.

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Пресс-конференция представителей Межгосударственного авиационного комитета - transcript of Anodina's 2011 interview for the Echo Moskvy (in Russian)