Artem Mikoyan
Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan (Russian: Артём Ива́нович Микоя́н; Armenian: Արտյոմ (Անուշավան) Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան, romanized: Artyom (Anushavan) Hovhannesi Mikoyan; 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 – 9 December 1970) was a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, who cofounded the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau along with Mikhail Gurevich.
Artem Mikoyan | |
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Արտյոմ Միկոյան | |
Mikoyan on a 2005 stamp of Armenia | |
| Born | Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan 5 August [O.S. 23 July] 1905 Sanahin, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Armenia) |
| Died | 9 December 1970 (aged 65) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet Union |
| Education | Zhukovsky Air Force Academy |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aeronautical engineering |
| Employer(s) | Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau |
| Significant design | MiG-1 MiG-3 MiG-15 MiG-17 MiG-19 MiG-21 MiG-23 MiG-25 |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labor (twice) Stalin Prize (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953) |
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