Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Полика́рпов) (June 8 1892 – July 30 1944) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer known as King of Fighters. He designed the I-15 series of fighters and the I-16 Ishak (Russian: ишак phonetically close to its Russian: И-16 designation) Little Donkey fighter.
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