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Artem Mikoyan
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Key facts
- Born
- Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan , 5 August [ O.S. 23 July ] 1905 , Sanahin , Tiflis Governorate , Russian Empire (present-day Armenia)
- Died
- 9 December 1970 (1970-12-09) (aged 65) , Moscow, Soviet Union
- Education
- Zhukovsky Air Force Academy
- Discipline
- Aeronautical engineering
- Employer
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Artyom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Sanahin
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Sibling
- Anastas Mikoyan
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Educated at
- Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
- Employer
- Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Field of work
- aerospace engineering
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Military branch
- air force
- Image
- Stamp of Armenia h331.jpg
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Artem Mikoyan
- date of death
- 1970-12-09
- date of birth
- 1905-07-23
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- name in native language
- Արտեմ Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան
- professorship
- academician
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and career
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