Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)
| Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 January [O.S. 31 December 1892] 1893 Rubanshchina, Sudzha Uyezd of Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 12, 1976 (aged 83) Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet Union |
| 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 (1957) Order of Lenin (1962) State Stalin Prize (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953) |
Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich (Russian: Михаи́л Ио́сифович Гуре́вич) (12 January 1893 [O.S. 31 December 1892] – November 12, 1976) was a Soviet Jewish aircraft designer, a partner (with Artem Mikoyan) who co-founded the famous MiG military aviation bureau. MiG is an abbreviation of their surnames. The bureau now simply known as Mikoyan, is famous for its fighter aircraft, rapid interceptors and multi-role combat aircraft which were staples of the Soviet Air Forces throughout the Cold War. The main focus in designing the aircraft were on high speed, fast ascent, and high flight altitude. The bureau designed 170 projects of which 94 were made in series. In total 45000 aircraft of "MiG" brand have been manufactured domestically, of which 11000 aircraft were exported. Over 14000 "MiG" fighters have been produced under licence abroad. The last plane which Gurevich personally worked on before his retirement was the Mig-25.
Born to a Jewish family winery mechanic in the small township of Rubanshchina (Kursk region in Russia), in 1910 he graduated from gymnasium in Okhtyrka (Kharkov region) with the silver medal and entered the Mathematics department at Kharkov University. After a year, for participation in revolutionary activities, he was expelled from the university and from the region and continued his education in Montpellier University.
In the summer 1914 Gurevich was visiting his home when World War I broke out. This and later the Russian Civil War interrupted his education. In 1925 he graduated from the Aviation faculty of Kharkov Technological Institute and worked as an engineer of the state company "Heat and Power".
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