Merited Inventor of the RSFSR

The Honorary Title "Merited Inventor of the RSFSR" (Заслуженный изобретатель РСФСР) was the highest scientific award of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the USSR. It got established on April 20, 1961 and was awarded to individuals for inventions of national importance and their major contribution to technological progress and long activities in science. The recipients had to be present in order to receive title and medal.

Notable Recipients (partial list)

 * Nikolay Mikhaylovich Afanasyev (1968)
 * B.G.Ignatiev
 * Gavriil Ilizarov (1965), (1975)
 * E.I.Kazantsev
 * Boris Laskonin (1964)
 * Ivan Ivanovich Manilo
 * Alexander Nadiradze (1973)
 * I.I.Sobol
 * L.I.Trachtenberg