Alexander D. Zasyadko
From The Space Library
In 1814, A.D. Zasyadko began working on various types of combat rockets and in 1817, having developed several effective models, demonstrated them in St Petersburg. His rockets had a maximum range of 2,670 meters. The rockets were built in a pyrotechnical laboratory which he had set up in Mogilev. (Source: V.P. Glushko)