Georgy Sergeevich Zhiritsky (Russian: Георгий Сергеевич Жирицкий; 26 September 1883 - 4 June 1966) was a Soviet scientist in the field of Rocket engines, and a professor.
In 1918 he began working at the institute, and at the age of 32 he was promoted to professor.
In 1926 and 1927, during his scientific trips to Germany, he became acquainted with the practice of German turbine construction.
In 1937, he was arrested on a false case of wrecking, and sent to work in Sharashka at the Tushino Aircraft Building Plant.
[2] Zhiritskiy then worked as an aircraft constructor, taking up promising models of jet engines and also teaching at the Kazan Aviation Institute.