Mikhail Gurevich

Also known as Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich

Soviet aircraft designer (1893–1976)

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Born: 12 January [ O.S. 31 December 1892 ] 1893, Rubanshchina, Kursk Governorate , Russian Empire
Died: 12 November 1976 (1976-11-12) (aged 83), Leningrad , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
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

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Instance of: human
Given name: Mikhail
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Rubanshchina
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Occupation: engineer
Educated at: National University of Kharkiv
Employer: Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG
Languages spoken: Russian
Field of work: design engineer
Conflict: Eastern Front
Image: Gurevich M.I.jpg

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Commons category: Mikhail Gurevich
date of birth: 1892-12-31
date of death: 1976-11-25
place of burial: Serafimovskoe Cemetery
relative: Anatoly Andriyashev
name in native language: Михаил Гуревич
ethnic group: Jewish people

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Encyclopedic overview

Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich (Russian: Михаи́л Ио́сифович Гуре́вич) (12 January 1893 [O.S. 31 December 1892] – 12 November 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer who co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich military aviation bureau along with Artem Mikoyan. The bureau is famous for its fighter aircraft, rapid interceptors and multi-role combat aircraft which were staples of the Soviet Air Forces throughout the Cold War. The bureau designed 170 projects of which 94 were made in series. In total, 45,000 MiG aircraft have been manufactured domestically, of which 11,000 aircraft were exported. The last plane which Gurevich personally worked on before his retirement was the MiG-25.

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