Artem Mikoyan
| Artem Mikoyan | |
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| Born |
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 Sanahin, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Armenia) |
| Died | 9 December 1970 (aged 65) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet Union |
| Education | Zhukovsky Air Force Academy |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Employer(s) | Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau |
| Significant design |
MiG-1 MiG-3 MiG-15 MiG-17 MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 |
| Awards |
Hero of Socialist Labor (twice) Stalin Prize (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953) |
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (Russian: Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н; Armenian: Արտյոմ (Անուշավան) Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան Artyom (Anushavan) Hovhannesi Mikoyan; 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 – 9 December 1970) was a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer. In partnership with Mikhail Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft.
Mikoyan was born in Sanahin, Armenia on 5 August 1905. His older brother, Anastas Mikoyan, would become a senior Soviet politician. He completed his basic education and took a job as a machine-tool operator in Rostov, then worked in the "Dynamo" factory in Moscow before being conscripted into the military. After military service he joined the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, where he created his first plane, graduating in 1936. He worked with Polikarpov before being named head of a new aircraft design bureau in Moscow in December 1939. Together with Mikhail Gurevich, Mikoyan formed the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau, producing a series of fighter aircraft. In March 1942, the bureau was renamed OKB MiG (Osoboye Konstruktorskoye Büro), ANPK MiG (Aviatsionnyy nauchno-proizvodstvennyy kompleks) and OKO MiG. The MiG-1 proved to be a poor start, the MiG-3 went into production but only occasionally could it fight in its intended high-level interceptor role. Further MiG-5, MiG-7 and MiG-8 Utka did not progress beyond research prototypes.
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