Artem Mikoyan

Tags: Engineer.

Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (Armenian: Արտյոմ Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան Artyom Hovhannesi Mikoyan or Անուշավան Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան Anushavan Hovhannesi Mikoyan; Russian: Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н) (5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 — December 9 1970) was a Soviet aircraft designer of Armenian descent. In partnership with Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft.

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award

Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labour (USSR), USSR State Prize

birth date

1905-08-05

birth place

Russian Empire, Sanahin, Elisabethpol Governorate

death date

1970-12-09

discipline

Aerospace engineering

employer

Mikoyan

nationality

Soviet Union