Artem Mikoyan
Artyom Ivanovich Mikoyan (Russian Артём Иванович Микоян; Armenian Արտյոմ Միկոյան; * 23 Julijul / August 5 1905greg in Sanahin / Armenia;. . † 9 December 1970, Moscow) was a Soviet aircraft designer.
Life
He was born as the son of the carpenter Ovanes Nersesowitsch Mikoyan and his wife Talida Otarowna. 1918 the family moved to Tbilisi, where Mikoyan visited the middle school until 1923. After his education, he went to Rostov, where he worked as a machine operator in the metal factory " Krasny Aksai ". In addition, he trained as a lathe operator at the night school. In June 1925 Mikoyan joined the CPSU and went in November the same year, to Moscow, where he found work as a lathe operator at the plant "Dynamo".
In December 1928 his convocation took place in the Red Army. After his military career, he worked from 1930 as a turner again, this time in the " Kompressor" plant Moscow. In 1931 he began to study at the " Zhukovsky " Military Academy. During his studies, he settled for pilots and parachutists train. In addition, Mikoyan was involved in the development of lightweight aircraft " Oktjabronok " ( October child).
On February 23, 1936, he married soy Ivanovna Lissizina.
Mikoyan completed his engineering education from the Military Aviation Academy 1937. Initially, he worked as a military representative in an airplane factory. He moved in the same year in the design office of Nikolai Polikarpov and recorded soon responsible for the series production of the fighter aircraft Polikarpov I -153. In March 1939, Mikoyan Poli Karpov's deputy head was in his first aircraft factory
On December 8, 1939, founded with Mikhail Gurevich Iosifovich the OKB Mikoyan -Gurevich, which became particularly by powerful fighter aircraft ( MiG ) international standing. One of the most famous models is probably the most widely produced jet fighter aircraft in the world MiG- 21st In March 1942, Mikoyan was appointed Chief Designer, in December 1956 to the General Constructors of OKBs.
Mikoyan was on 23 October 1953 to the corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. On 14 March 1954 he was first deputy of the Supreme Soviet ( a total of four times). On November 26, 1968, Mikoyan, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
In addition to several State Prizes (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953) three times he was with the Order of Lenin (1940, 1955, 1965), the Order of Red Star (1942 ) and twice as Hero of Socialist Labor (1956, 1957) distinguished. Mikoyan was a brother of longtime Politburo member Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan.